Cristoforo Dall'Acqua
Illustration — Negro Hung Alive by the Ribs by Cristoforo Dall'Acqua, Amsterdam University Library; design based on earlier print by William Blake Cristoforo Dall'Acqua (1 April 1734 – 10 November 1787) was an Italian painter and engraver. Dall'Acqua was born in Vicenza to a family of noble origins but of modest fortunes. He initially studied under Giovanni Antonio Remondini, a prominent printer in Bassano, originally from Padua, and worked with a number of artists including A. Canals and F. Dall'Acqua primarily worked on book illustrations and reproductions of paintings, although he later took commissions to paint portraits.
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Cristoforo Dall'Acqua
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- Born
- 1734 · Vicenza.
- Died
- 1787 · Vicenza.
- Nationality
- Republic of Venice
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- printmaker · illustrator · copper engraver · artist
- Languages
- Italian
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Illustration — Negro Hung Alive by the Ribs by Cristoforo Dall'Acqua, Amsterdam University Library; design based on earlier print by William Blake Cristoforo Dall'Acqua (1 April 1734 – 10 November 1787) was an Italian painter and engraver. Dall'Acqua was born in Vicenza to a family of noble origins but of modest fortunes. He initially studied under Giovanni Antonio Remondini, a prominent printer in Bassano, originally from Padua, and worked with a number of artists including A. Canals and F. Dall'Acqua primarily worked on book illustrations and reproductions of paintings, although he later took commissions to paint portraits.
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He died in Vicenza in 1787 and was buried at the Chiesa di Santa Croce in San Giacomo Maggiore.
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1734
Cristoforo Dall'Acqua born at Vicenza.
1787
Cristoforo Dall'Acqua died at Vicenza.
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- 1.Lo attesta anche un carteggio con Giovanni Battista Remondini - da gennaio 1757 ad aprile 1764 - conservato nel Museo della stampa Remondini di Bassano.
- 2.Parnaso italiano ovvero Raccolta de' poeti classici italiani d'ogni genere d'ogni età d'ogni metro e del più scelto tra gli ottimi, diligentemente riveduti sugli originali più accreditati, e adornati di figure in rame.
- 3.F. Pedrocco, in Carlo Goldoni, Il teatro illustrato nelle edizioni del Settecento, Venezia, 1981, pp. 579 ss.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Cristoforo dall'Acqua, Cristofero Acqua, Christoforo dell'Acqua, Christoforo dell'Aqua and Christoforo dell' Acqua. His recorded language was Italian. Recorded as printmaker, illustrator, copper engraver and artist.
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