Antonio Pachera (5 July 1749 – 14 September 1791) was an Italian painter, born in Verona.

Biography

He initially apprenticed with

Marco Marcola 300px, Last Supper Marco Marcola (1740–1793) was an Italian painter, born and mainly active in Verona. He was initially apprenticed to his father Giovanni Battista Marcola. Among his pupils were Antonio Pachera, Bellino Bellini Bellino Bel ...

. He was the son of Francesco Pachera. He taught in the local academy of painters.

Luigi Frisoni Luigi Frisoni (1760 – 10 January 1811) was an Italian painter, born in Verona. He initially apprenticed with Antonio Pachera. He taught in the local academy of painters. Sources

* 1760 births 1811 deaths Painters from Verona 18th-century ...

was one of his pupils. He painted the ''Bishop St. Zeno and St. Toscana'' for the chiesa degli Esposti. For the church of Santa Maria della Scala, he painted the altarpiece of the chapel of S. Maria Maddalena, depicting ''St Luigi Gonzaga in glory, above purgatorial souls''. For the church of the Riformati, a ''Triumphal Christ enters Jerusalem''. For the church of St. Theresa, he painted a ''St. Luigi Gonzaga in glory, as seen by the ecstatic St. Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi''. For the Pellegrini palace, he frescoed a room with

quadratura Illusionistic ceiling painting, which includes the techniques of perspective ''di sotto in sù'' and ''quadratura'', is the tradition in Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo art in which ''trompe-l'œil'', perspective tools such as foreshortening, an ...

by Pasquale Cioffo. For the casa Arvedi alle Campane, he painted scenes from Ovid's Metamorphosis. At age 21 years, he had won a first prize in painting from the

Accademia di Belle Arti di Parma The Accademia di Belle Arti di Parma (Academy of Fine Arts of Parma) is an artistic institution in the city of Parma, Italy. It is presently located in a wing of the Palazzo della Pilotta in the center of the city. History The Academy originated ...

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* 1749 births 1791 deaths Painters from Verona 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Fresco painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub