Niccolò Cassana (often called Nicoletto; 1659–1714) was an Italian painter born in

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

and active during the late-Baroque. His older brother

Giovanni Agostino Cassana Abate, or Giovanni Agostino Cassana (c.1658 – 6 May 1720) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was a son of Giovanni Francesco Cassana and an elder brother of Niccolò and Giovanni Battista.Giovanni Francesco Cassana Giovanni Francesco Cassana (1611–1691) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Genoa. Biography He was a pupil of the painter Bernardo Strozzi. His pupils included his son Niccolò Cassana, Niccolò Bambini, and Giovan ...

, a Genoese painter, who had been taught the art of painting by

Bernardo Strozzi Bernardo Strozzi, named il Cappuccino and il Prete Genovese (c. 1581 – 2 August 1644) was an Italian Baroque painter and engraver. A canvas and fresco artist, his wide subject range included history, allegorical, genre and portrait paintin ...

. He painted a ''Conspiracy of Catiline'' for the Gallery at

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. Having painted portraits of the Medici court, and also of some of the English nobility, Nicoletto was invited to

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, and introduced to Queen Anne, who sat to him for her likeness, and conferred on him many marks of favor. He died in

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in 1714, having given way to drinking in his later years. One of his pupils was

Fortunato Pasquetti Gerolamo Querini, Pinacoteca Querini Stampalia Fortunato Pasquetti (1690–1773) was a Venetian painter of the Rococo period. He is known for his formal portraits of royalty and Venetian Patriciate. He was born in Venice and died in Portogruar ...

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Niccolo Cassana Anna Maria Luisa de Medici.jpg, Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici Niccolò Cassana - Portrait of Grand Prince Ferdinando de' Medici - WGA4529.jpg, Grand Prince Ferdinando de' Medici (1690s) Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany in circa 1687 by Niccolò Cassana.jpg, Grand Prince Ferdinando de' Medici (1687) Portrait of a Angiola Biondi, a dwarf in the service of Violante Beatrice of Bavaria, 1707, Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence, Niccolò Cassana.jpg, Angiola Biondi, dwarf in the service of Violante Beatrice of Bavaria, 1707. Violante of Bavaria.jpg, Violante Beatrice of Bavaria. Giangastone de' Medici.jpg, Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany Ca' Rezzonico - Ritratto di gentiluomo in rosso - Niccolò Cassana.jpg, ''Portrait of a gentleman in red''

Ca' Rezzonico Ca' Rezzonico () is a palazzo and art museum on the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro ''sestiere'' of Venice, Italy. It is a particularly notable example of the 18th century Venetian baroque and rococo architecture and interior decoration, and displa ...

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