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Francesco Lorenzi (Mazzurega near 
Giambattista Tiepolo, 1696-1770
a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Verona Italian Baroque painters 1723 births 1787 deaths 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub
Verona
Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city municipality in the region and the second largest in nor ...
, 1723 - February 12, 1787) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque period.
Biography
He was initially a pupil of Matteo Brida in Verona, but went to Venice and became a pupil of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. In Venice, he painted an altarpiece for a chapel inSanta Caterina (Venice)
Santa Caterina is a deconsecrated Roman Catholic church in the Cannaregio district of Venice, now forming part of the Liceo Marco Foscarini complex, to which it was joined when the Augustinian monks took over the running of the school.
The chu ...
. In 1750, he returns to Verona, where he obtained many commissions, although he had to compete with his contemporary Giambettino Cignaroli
Giambettino Cignaroli (Verona, July 4, 1706 – Verona, December 1, 1770) was an Italian painter of the Rococo and early Neoclassic period.
Biography
He was a pupil of Santo Prunato and Antonio Balestra and active mostly in the area of th ...
. Many of his works were in fresco. He even set up an academy that competed with Cignaroli, the Accademia Aletofili. He painted a ''Holy Family'' for the church of San Lorenzo in 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 ...
. He was active across the region. Boni quotes two death dates, either 1783 or 1788. He painted the figures while Filippo Maccari painted the quadratura for a room in the casa Ferrari in the San Silvestro. Lorenzi painted a chiaroscuro bust of Maccari himself. Francesco's brother, Giovanni Domenico Lorenzi, was an engraver.
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Giambattista Tiepolo, 1696-1770
a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Verona Italian Baroque painters 1723 births 1787 deaths 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub