Giuseppe Camerata

Giuseppe Camerata (1718-1803) was an Italian miniature painter and engraver. He was born at Frascati or at Venice. He was the son of G. Camerata, a painter of some reputation, and studied under Gregorio Lazzarini. He learnt the engraving from Giovanni Cattini, and after visiting Vienna in 1742, was in 1751 invited to assist in engraving the plates for the Dresden Gallery, and was there made principal engraver to the Court. He visited Italy again in later life, and subsequently came to Munich, where he settled for a time in 1763. He afterwards became professor in the Academy at Dresden, where he died. Among his works are the following:

Portraits

*#"Marco Foscarini", Doge of Venice and former patron of Piranesi.
*#"Simone Cantarini", Procurator of St. Mark.
*#"Sebastiano Bombelli", the painter.

ubjects from Dresden Gallery

*#"Parable of the Talents"; "Parable of the Lost Piece of Silver"; "Parable of the Prodigal Son"; "David with the Head of Goliath"; "Infant Bacchus"; after Domenico Fetti.
*#"Holy Family"; after Giulio Cesare Procaccini
*#"St. Roch aiding the Plague-stricken"; after Camillo Procaccini.
*#"St. Roch distributing Alms" and "Assumption of the Virgin" after Annibale Carraci.
*#"Adulteress before Christ"; after Bartolomeo Biscaino.
*#"Chastity of Joseph"; after Simone Cantarini.
*#"Old and New Testament"; after A. Baccari.
*#"Mary Magdalene" after Pompeo Batoni.
*#A half-length figure, with a beard and Another half-length, the companion; after Dietrich.
*#"Mary Magdalene"; after Van der Werf.

References

*cite book| first=Michael| last=Bryan| year=1886| title="Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical" (Volume I: A-K)| editor = Robert Edmund Graves| pages= page 219| publisher=George Bell and Sons|location=York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007 |id= |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=4GYCAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage&dq=DICTIONARY+AACHEN+AALST&as_brr=1| authorlink=