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Pietro Antoniani (
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
, circa 1740 - 1805) was an Italian painter, mainly of sea- and landscapes, often animated with figures, but also of historical subjects.
Biography
Like hisGiacinto Gigante
Giacinto Gigante (1806–1876) was an Italian painter, engraver, and teacher. He was known for his landscape and vista paintings, exemplary works of the Neapolitan School of Posillipo.
Biography Early life
Giacinto Gigante was born on July 11, ...
in the next generation, and appealing to British tastes, the exotic volcanic eruptions of Vesuvius were a popular subject for the artist. He was likely a pupil of Jacob Philipp Hackert
Jacob Philipp Hackert (15 September 1737 – 28 April 1807) was a landscape painter from Brandenburg, who did most of his work in Italy.
Biography
Hackert was born in 1737 in Prenzlau in the Margraviate of Brandenburg (now in Germany). He t ...
and the precursors of the School of Posillipo The School of Posillipo refers to a loose group of landscape painters, based in the waterfront Posillipo neighborhood of Naples, Italy. While some among them became academicians, it was not a formal school or association.
In the 18th century, lands ...
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18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 19th-century Italian painters 1740 births 1805 deaths Painters from Naples Italian landscape painters 19th-century Italian male artists 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub