Andrea Zucchi

Training under Carlo Zucchi, Andrea Celesti and Pietro della Vecchia is recorded. Lorenzo Zucchi, Francesco Zucchi and Carlo Zucchi are recorded as having studied under Andrea Zucchi. The recorded working language is Italian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are Veduta, allegory, portrait and religious art. Places of work recorded in the authority are Venice, Dresden and Pordenone. Works named in the authority record are Saint Christopher and Three Figures in Cartouches. Work by Andrea Zucchi is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, National Gallery of Victoria and Print Collection.

He was trained by the painters Andrea Celesti and Pietro della Vecchia. He, in turn, trained his younger brothers Carlo (1682-1767) and Francesco in engraving. Together with the latter, he created several plates for the Verona Illustrata by Scipione Maffei. Around 1706, he settled in Pordenone, north of Venice. According to the RKD, he left Pordenone in 1726 and moved to Dresden. His son Lorenzo Zucchi went with him and became an engraver for the Electorate of Saxony. There, together with his uncle Francesco, he created tableaux for the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister. In 1729, he produced a series of thirteen copper engravings based on drawings created by Carl Heinrich Jacob Fehling (1683-1753), on the occasion of the Saturnusfest of 1719. He began producing set decorations for theaters in 1736. In addition to engravings made by burin, he was also known for etching. Most of his works are religious or historical in theme, with some illustrations of dressing and costumes. The painters whose works he rendered as engravings include Titian, Paolo Veronese, Pietro Longhi, Niccolò Bambini, Giuseppe Porta, Tintoretto, Sebastiano Ricci and Giambattista Tiepolo

Andrea Zucchi is recorded with the occupation copper engraver. Classed in the genre religious art. Classed in the genre portrait. Classed in the genre allegory. Classed in the genre Veduta. Recorded as printmaker, painter, scenographer, artist and etcher.