Antonio Bottazzi (died 1870) was an
Italian painter, active in the 19th century in
Lombardy
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.
Biography
He was born in
Cremona
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studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in
Milan
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, a contemporary of
Pietro Bignami of Lodi. He painted portraits, historical and sacred subjects. He painted a ''Glory of the Virgin'' for the
Lodi Cathedral
Lodi Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Lodi, ''Basilica Cattedrale della Vergine Assunta'') is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Lodi, Lombardy, Italy. It is also a basilica minor. Dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, it is the seat of ...
. He painted an altarpiece of the ''Assumption of the Virgin'' (1834) for the parish church of Roncadello. He painted a duel of ''
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Henry IV (german: Heinrich IV; 11 November 1050 – 7 August 1106) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1084 to 1105, King of Germany from 1054 to 1105, King of Italy and Burgundy from 1056 to 1105, and Duke of Bavaria from 1052 to 1054. He was the son ...
, and the Gonfaloniere of Cremona, Giovanni Baldesio''; the subject must have had subversive echoes at the time, given the occupation of Lombardy by Austrians. Antonio frescoed the four Evangelists for the parish church of
Castelleone.
[L Malvezzi, page 64.]
References
Year of birth unknown
1870 deaths
19th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Painters from Cremona
19th-century Italian male artists
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