Pietro Antonio Avanzini (1656–1733) was an Italian painter.
Biography
He was born in
Piacenza
Piacenza (; egl, label= Piacentino, Piaṡëinsa ; ) is a city and in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, and the capital of the eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with over ...
, trained by
Marcantonio Franceschini
Marcantonio Franceschini (; 1648 – 24 December 1729) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mostly in his native Bologna. He was the father and teacher of Giacomo Franceschini.''The picture collector's manual'' by James R. Hob ...
in
Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...
, and described as a painter of little originality, often copying his master's designs Among his works were some paintings in the
Duomo of Piacenza
Piacenza Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Piacenza), fully the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta e Santa Giustina, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Piacenza, Italy. The current structure was built between 1122 and 1233 and is one of the most valuable examp ...
, completed under his master in 1686. Also in Piacenza, for the chapel of Saint Bernardino da Siena in the church of
Basilica di Santa Maria di Campagna, a ''Madonna and saints''; and for the churches of
San Giovanni in Canale, San Simone, San Protasio, and the Chiesa della Morte.
Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 4 (1962)
entry by Andrea Emiliani.
References
1656 births
1733 deaths
People from Piacenza
17th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
18th-century Italian painters
Italian Baroque painters
Painters from Bologna
18th-century Italian male artists
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