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225px, ''Allegory of the virtues Mocenigo'', 1787
Jacopo Guarana (October 28, 1720 – April 18, 1808) was a Venetian painter of the late Profile of Anna Pasetti
at the ''Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800''.
''Italian Paintings, Venetian School''
a collection catalog containing information about Guarana and his works (see index; plate 25). 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Venice Italian Baroque painters 1737 births 1797 deaths 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub
Jacopo Guarana (October 28, 1720 – April 18, 1808) was a Venetian painter of the late Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
period who was born in Verona
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. He was active mainly in Venice
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and its mainland territories.
In 1750 he completed frescoes for the interior of 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 disp ...
and, in 1780, for the church of San Tomà. He also painted for the church of San Teonisto in Treviso
Treviso ( , ; vec, Trevixo) is a city and ''comune'' in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 84,669 inhabitants (as of September 2017). Some 3,000 live within the Veneti ...
and the Villa Contarini
Villa Contarini is a mostly Baroque-style, patrician rural palace in Piazzola sul Brenta, province of Padova, in the region of the Veneto of northern Italy. The villa is spread over a 40 hectare area, with canals, and a lake. Now owned by the go ...
in Cinto Euganeo
Cinto Euganeo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about southwest of Venice and about southwest of Padua. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,104 and an area of .All demograph ...
and helped decorate the Villa Pisani
Villa Pisani at Stra refers to the monumental, late-Baroque rural palace located along the Brenta Canal ( Riviera del Brenta) at Via Doge Pisani 7 near the town of Stra, on the mainland of the Veneto, northern Italy. This villa is one of the lar ...
at Stra. Other works were completed for the Palazzo Balbi
Palazzo Balbi is a palace on the Canal Grande, Venice, northern Italy. It is included in the ''sestiere'' (quarter) of Dorsoduro, to the right of Ca' Foscari. Currently it is the seat of the President of the Veneto region and of the regional cou ...
, Palazzo Boldù a San Felice, Palazzo Erizzo a San Martino, Palazzo Michiel del Brusà
Palazzo Michiel del Brusà is a palace located in Venice, more precisely in the Cannaregio district, and overlooking the Grand Canal. The building is located between Palazzo Michiel dalle Colonne and Palazzo Smith Mangilli Valmarana.
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, and Palazzo Mocenigo a San Stae.
Guarana is the last remaining direct heir of the Tiepolesque tradition. He was a founding member of the Venetian Accademia di Belle Arti
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Accademie di Belle Arti
The offic ...
and is said to have studied under Sebastiano Ricci, then with Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo ( , ; March 5, 1696 – March 27, 1770), also known as Giambattista (or Gianbattista) Tiepolo, was an Italian painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice who painted in the Rococo style, considered an impo ...
.
Among his most popular works are the wall frescoes at the concert hall of the Ospedaletto, Venice
Santa Maria dei Derelitti, commonly known as the church of the Ospedaletto, is a Renaissance-style, consecrated church in the Calle della Barbaria delle Tole of the sestiere of Castello, Venice, Italy.
History
The church was begun in 1575 adjacent ...
. By the time he painted a ''Sacred heart of Jesus and Saints'' for the church of San Polo
San Polo ( vec, San Poło) is the smallest and most central of the six sestieri of Venice, northern Italy, covering 86 acres (35 hectares) along the Grand Canal. It is one of the oldest parts of the city, having been settled before ...
, his work would have been considered "retardataire", a glimpse of a lapsing past.
His son, Vincenzo Guarana
Vincenzo Guarana (July 22, 1742 –1815) was an Italian painter, active mainly in Venice and its mainland territories.
Biography
He was born in Venice, and he trained under his father the painter Jacopo Guarana (1720-1808) who had studied under ...
, born in 1742, was also a painter.
Pastellist Anna Pasetti
Anna Pasetti was an Italian pastellist active between 1800 and 1806.
Pasetti, a deafmute, lived in Venice and assisted Lodovico Gallina, Jacopo Guarana, and Pietro Tantin as a copyist of both paintings and engravings. Giovanni Antonio Moschini ...
was active as a copyist in Guarana's studio.at the ''Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800''.
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''Italian Paintings, Venetian School''
a collection catalog containing information about Guarana and his works (see index; plate 25). 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Venice Italian Baroque painters 1737 births 1797 deaths 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub