Antonio Zanetti (1754 – May 23, 1812) was an Italian painter. He was born in

Casalmaggiore Casalmaggiore ( Casalasco-Viadanese: ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Cremona, Lombardy, Italy, located across the Po River. It was the birthplace of Italian composers Ignazio Donati and Andrea Zani. It became worldwide famous thanks to its ...

, and there a pupil of the Abbot

Francesco Chiozzi Abate Francesco Antonio Chiozzi (1730 - 7 March 1785) was an Italian painter and Franciscan cleric, active mainly in Casalmaggiore, Italy. Biography He was born in Casalmaggiore, and there was initially trained by a local priest Giuseppe Moreschi ...

. Zanetti worked in the Ducal Villa at Sala, belonging to

Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma (Maria Amalia Josepha Johanna Antonia; 26 February 1746 – 18 June 1804) was Duchess of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla by marriage to Ferdinand, Duke of Parma. She was born an archduchess of Austria as the daugh ...

, wife of

Ferdinand, Duke of Parma Ferdinand I (''Ferdinando Maria Filippo Lodovico Sebastiano Francesco Giacomo''; 20 January 1751 – 9 October 1802) was Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla from his father's death on 18 July 1765 until he ceded the duchy to France by the Trea ...

. He painted in the Oratory of ‘’la Cappelletta’’, in the chapel of St Joseph in Santa Croce of Casalmaggiore, and in the Casa Cavalli, and Casa Bolzoni. Zanetti also painted the entry to the library in the Convent of San Francesco.Barili page 101. It is not clear that he is related to either

Antonio Maria Zanetti Count Anton oMaria Zanetti (1689–1767) was a Venetian artist, engraver, art critic, art dealer and connoisseur. He formed a collection of engraved gems, of which he published a lavish catalogue. Life Zanetti spent his early manhood making ...

the elder or the younger, the famed Venetian engraver and art historian respectively.

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