Antonio Paglia (

Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo. ...

, 1680 – Brescia, 1747) was an Italian painter active mainly in

in a late-

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

Rococo Rococo (, also ), less commonly Roccoco or Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and theatrical style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, ...

style.Supplemento alla Serie dei trecento elogi e ritratti degli uomini i più illustri in Pittura , Scultura, e Architettura.
by Pellegrino Antonio Orlandi, published by Stamperia Allegrini, Pisoni, e comp, Florence (1776); column 1361-1363. He was the son of the

painter

Francesco Paglia Francesco Paglia (1636 – c. 1714) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, mainly active in Brescia. Biography He was a pupil of Guercino. He also wrote a description of paintings in Brescia, using both prose and poetry, titled ' ...

. He collaborated with his brother

Angelo Angelo is an Italian masculine given name and surname meaning "angel", or "messenger". People People with the given name *Angelo Accattino (born 1966), Italian prelate of the Catholic Church *Angelo Acciaioli (bishop) (1298–1357), Italian Rom ...

. He apparently traveled after 1714 to Venice to apprentice with

Sebastiano Ricci Sebastiano Ricci (1 August 165915 May 1734) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque school of Venice. About the same age as Piazzetta, and an elder contemporary of Tiepolo, he represents a late version of the vigorous and luminous Cortonesqu ...

. By 1718, he had returned to Brescia, where he specialized in painting altarpieces and religious frescos. Among his main works is a large decorative cycle for the parish church of

Chiari Chiari may refer to: * Chiari (surname) *Chiari, Lombardy, a commune in Italy * The Chiari Institute, a medical institution in Great Neck, New York *Battle of Chiari (1701), part of the War of the Spanish Succession See also * Arnold–Chiari malf ...

Works

*''St Anthony of Padua'', 1710, parish church of Vilminore. *''St Anthony of Padua'', 1710, parish church of Gazzolo. *''Madonna with child and St Anthony of Padua'', 1710, church of Santa Maria in Calchera, Brescia. *''Martyrdom of St Jacob Apostle'', 1711, parish church of

Ospitaletto Ospitaletto (Brescian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. Transport * Ospitaletto-Travagliato railway station References

Cities and towns in Lombardy {{Brescia-geo-stub ...

. *''Immaculate Conception'', parish church of

Rovato Rovato (Brescian: ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, northern Italy. Neighbouring towns are Coccaglio, Erbusco and Cazzago San Martino. It is located in the Franciacorta hills, 11 km south of Lake Iseo and 18 km ...

. *''St John'', 1726, church of Santa Maria della Carità, Brescia. *''Saints'', 1726–27, parish church of

. *''Pietà'', 1735, parish church of

Gambara Gambara (Brescian: ), not to be confused with Gambarana, is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. Bordering communes are Asola (MN), Fiesse, Gottolengo, Isorella, Ostiano (CR), Pralboino, Remedello and Volongo (CR ...

. *''Stories from New Testament'', 1741, San Zeno al Foro, Brescia

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