Antonio Marinetti, also called ''il Chiozzotro'' (

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, born circa 1700) was an

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painter, active in a late-

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style. ''Ragazzo con mela'' - Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

Biography

He was a pupil of

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (also called Giambattista Piazzetta or Giambattista Valentino Piazzetta) (February 13, 1682 or 1683 – April 28, 1754) was an Italian Rococo painter of religious subjects and genre scenes. Biography Piazzetta was ...

. He painted the main altarpiece for the Church of Sant'Agostino in

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, depicting a ''Virgin and Child with St Augustine and the Blessed

Girolamo Miani Gerolamo Emiliani, CRS ( it, Gerolamo Emiliani also Jerome Aemilian, Hiëronymus Emiliani) (1486 – 8 February 1537) was an Italian humanitarian, founder of the Somaschi Fathers, and is considered a saint by the Catholic Church. Born in Ven ...

''. Miani was one of the founders of the Order of Somaschi priests. He also painted for the same church, a ''Guardian Angel'' and ''Glory of St Joseph with Saint Anne and the Holy Family''. For the church of San Lorenzo in Treviso, he painted a St Anthony Abbot.Memorie Trevigiane sulle opere di Disegno dal mille e cento al mille Ottocento.
By Domenico-Maria Federici Volume 1 Venice Presso Francesco Andreola, (1803), page 132.

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