Antonio Zanchi

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Antonio Zanchi
Born	1631 Este, Italy
Died	1722
Nationality	Venetian
Field	Painting
Training	Francesco Ruschi
Movement	Baroque
Works	Plague of Venice
Influenced	Francesco Trevisani and Antonio Molinari

Persondata
NAME	Antonio Zanchi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Painter
DATE OF BIRTH	1631
PLACE OF BIRTH	Este, Italy
DATE OF DEATH	1722
PLACE OF DEATH

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Antonio Zanchi (1631-1722) was an Italian painter of the Baroque, active mainly in Venice. He was born in Este and trained with Francesco Ruschi ^[1]. His masterpiece was the canvas on the Plague of Venice painted for the Scuola di San Rocco. He also painted a number of canvases in the Venetian church of Santa Maria del Giglio. Among his pupils were Francesco Trevisani and Antonio Molinari.

[edit] Notes and references

1. ^ French Wikipedia entry for Francesco Ruschi.

• Farquhar, Maria (1855). in Ralph Nicholson Wornum: Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters. Woodfall & Kinder, Angel Court, Skinner Street, London; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on Jun 27, 2006, page 204.