Joann Anton Venuto, also styled as Jan Antonín Venuto, (24 May 1746 – 1 April 1833) was a
Czech
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clergyman, watercolorist, draftsman, and cartographer. He specialized in the paintings of
Bohemian
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and
Moravian castles.
Biography
Venuto was born on 24 May 1746 in
Jevišovice
Jevišovice (german: Jaispitz) is a town in Znojmo District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an Cultural monument (Czech Republ ...
, in the
Margraviate of Moravia
The Margraviate of Moravia ( cs, Markrabství moravské; german: Markgrafschaft Mähren) was one of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown within the Holy Roman Empire existing from 1182 to 1918. It was officially administrated by a margrave in cooper ...
(present-day
Czech Republic
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). In 1769, he became a
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living with Bishop
Jan Leopold Hay at the
Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Hradec Králové
The Cathedral of the Holy Spirit is a principal church of the Diocese of Hradec Králové in the Czech Republic and also the seat of the current bishop of the Diocese Jan Vokál. It is a late Gothic brick basilica with two towers, which is located ...
. He died on 1 April 1833.
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Gallery
Image: Burg Lipnitz im Cžaslauer Kreise aufgenommen 1 July 1795 von Joan Venuto.jpg , ''Hrad Lipnice v Čáslavském kraji (1795)''
Image: Das Bad Rezek bey Neustadt im Kggraetzer Kreise, aufgenommen und gemahlt von J. Venuto 1800.jpg , ''Nové Město nad Metují (1800)''
File: Das im Jahre 1786 aufgehobene Benedictinerstift Sazawa Kaurzimer Kr. nachgemahlt v. Joan. Venuto 1822.jpg , ''Sázavský klášter (1822)''
File: Das Prager Fürst-Erzbischöfl. Schloss Brzezan, Kauřzimer Kr. aufgenommen von Adalb. Juhn, und gemahlt von J. Venuto 1814.jpg , ''Dolní Břežany (1814)''
File: Die Fürstl. Lichtensteinische Stadt Landscron im Chrudimer Kreise. aufgenommen 1798 und gezeichnet 1803 von Joann. Venuto.jpg , ''Město Lanškroun (1803)''
File: Schloss Becžwar Kauřzimer Kreises nach Parzizek gemahlt von Joann Venuto 1821.jpg , ''Zámek Bečváry (1821)''
References
1746 births
1833 deaths
People from Jevišovice
People from the Margraviate of Moravia
Czech Roman Catholic priests
Czech painters
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