Pietro Antonio Novelli
Illustration — Holy Father with Saints (1779), Church of San Lio, Venice Pietro Antonio Novelli (1729–1804) was an Italian painter and engraver.
Also recorded as Pietro Antonio III Novelli · Pietro Antonio, III Novelli · Pietro Antonio Novelli (III) · Pier Antonio Novelli
Pietro Antonio Novelli
Pietro Antonio Novelli · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection · Public Domain Mark
- Born
- 1729. · Venice.
- Died
- 1804. · Venice.
- Nationality
- Republic of Venice.
- Occupation
- painter, printmaker, etcher, draftsperson and poet.
- Fields
- history.
- Languages
- Venetian and Italian.
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Illustration — Holy Father with Saints (1779), Church of San Lio, Venice Pietro Antonio Novelli (1729–1804) was an Italian painter and engraver.
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The recorded working language is Venetian and Italian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are history. Places of work recorded in the authority are Venice, Rome and Florence. Work by Pietro Antonio Novelli is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Museo del Prado, Art Institute of Chicago, National Gallery of Canada and Gallerie dell'Accademia.
Novelli trained with the Venetian painter Jacopo Amigoni. In 1768, he was accepted as a member of the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice. Novelli produced altarpieces and frescoes throughout northern Italy. Some of his commissions came from Catherine the Great. He moved to Rome around 1779, where he remained for over 20 years. He later returned to Venice, where he died in 1804. His memoirs were published posthumously in 1834.
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• Illustration — Drawing, Colour and Invention, (1769) - Gallerie Accademia, Venice • Illustration — The Seven Sacraments: Confirmation (1779) engraving by Novelli • Illustration — Purification of the Virgin Mary (1804), Church of San Geremia, Venice
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Pietro Antonio Novelli is recorded as painter, printmaker, etcher, draftsperson and poet.
![Diana of the Ephesians (Ephesian Artemis), with a shepherd boy playing pipes. Etching by P.A. Novelli., [between 1700 and 1799?], by Pietro Antonio Novelli](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0036010/full/800,/0/default.jpg)
Diana of the Ephesians (Ephesian Artemis), with a shepherd boy playing pipes. Etching by P.A. Novelli., [between 1700 and 1799?], by Pietro Antonio Novelli
Pietro Antonio Novelli · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
A young woman feigns illness in a chair, two men take her pulse while a physician is consulted. Line engraving by A. Baratti after P. A. Novelli., 1700-1799, by Pietro Antonio Novelli
Pietro Antonio Novelli · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
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1729
Pietro Antonio Novelli born at Venice.
1804
Pietro Antonio Novelli died at Venice.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Pietro Antonio III Novelli, Pietro Antonio, III Novelli, Pietro Antonio Novelli (III), Pier Antonio Novelli and pierantonio novelli. His recorded languages were Venetian and Italian.
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Minneapolis Institute of Art, Museo del Prado, Art Institute of Chicago and National Gallery of Canada
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