Giovanni Battista Casanova (; 2 November 1730 – 8 December 1795) was an Italian painter and

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of the Neoclassic period. He was a brother of Giacomo Casanova and

Francesco Giuseppe Casanova Francesco Giuseppe Casanova (1 June 1727, London – 8 July 1803, near Mödling) was an Italian painter who specialised in battle scenes. His older brother was Giacomo Casanova, the famous adventurer, and his younger brother was Giovanni Casano ...

and was born at

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. He studied painting under Israel Silvestre and Dietrich at

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, and went in 1752 to Rome, where, under the tuition of Anton Raphael Mengs, he became an accomplished artist in pencil and crayon. Among other works he designed the plates to

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's ''Monumenti antichi''. He was appointed professor in the Academy at Dresden in 1764.

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* 1730 births 1795 deaths Republic of Venice artists Italian printmakers Italian engravers Dresden Academy of Fine Arts faculty {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub