200px, The Deposition of Christ San Zanipolo Lattanzio Querena (1 November 1768, in Predella in Valle di Scalva – 10 July 1853) was an Italian painter, depicting historical and sacred subjects,Della letteratura veneziana: del secolo XIX
by Count Filippo Maria Nani-Mocenigo, page 196. in a mainly Neoclassical style.

Biography

He was born in the

province of Bergamo The Province of Bergamo ( it, provincia di Bergamo; lmo, proìnsa de Bèrghem) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It has a population of 1,112,187 (2017), an area of , and contains 243 ''comuni''. Its capital is the city of Bergamo. ...

. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Verona, and also studied in

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under Francesco Maggiotto. He later worked under Francesco Fedeli. He was very skillful in restoring old masters, and painted altarpieces for many churches in

, including a ''Santa Marina'' for

Santa Maria Formosa Santa Maria Formosa, formally The Church of the Purification of Mary, is a church in Venice, northern Italy. It was erected in 1492 under the design by Renaissance architect Mauro Codussi. It lies on the site of a previous church dating from the ...

; a ''Repose in Egypt'' for Santa Maria del Pianto; a ''St Francis of Assisi'' and a ''Sacred Heart'' for church of Nome di Gesù, Venice; a ''Deposition'' for the Santi Giovanni e Paolo; and the ancient mosaic depicting the ''Final Judgement'' located at the St. Mark's Basilica. He was the father of painter Luigi Querena. One of his daughters married the genre painter

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(1828–1903). Lattanzio died in

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s Striking

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(1840)

References

* 1760 births 1853 deaths 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 19th-century Italian painters Painters from Bergamo People from Clusone Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia alumni 19th-century Italian male artists 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub