Simone Brentana
Illustration — Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath Simone Brentana (1656 – 9 June 1742) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Verona, Republic of Venice. He was born in Venice to Domenico Brentana, but became orphaned by age nine. After a prolonged desultory education in various fields including music, he trained as a painter in Venice with Pietro Negri, frequenting the Accademia di Belle Arti, moving in 1685 to Verona, where most of his paintings are located.
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Simone Brentana
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- 1656 · Venice.
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- 1742 · Verona.
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Illustration — Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath Simone Brentana (1656 – 9 June 1742) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Verona, Republic of Venice. He was born in Venice to Domenico Brentana, but became orphaned by age nine. After a prolonged desultory education in various fields including music, he trained as a painter in Venice with Pietro Negri, frequenting the Accademia di Belle Arti, moving in 1685 to Verona, where most of his paintings are located.
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Born at Venice in 1656, died in Verona in 1742.
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HERKULES TÖTET CACUS Öl auf Leinwand. Doubliert. 162 x 122 cm. In ornamental verziertem Empire-Rahmen. Inmitten einer hügeligen Landschaft Cacus, unter einem Repoussoirbaum liegend und eine absteigende Diagonale bezeichnend. Die Darstellung geht auf eine Geschichte in der römischen Mythologie zurück. Cacus war ein riesenhafter mörderischer Räuber, der sich auf das Feuerspeien verstand und das Tor
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- Zannandreis, Diego. Le vite dei pittori, scultori e architetti veronesi. Stabilimento Tipo-Litografico G. Franchini. 300–302. 1891.
- Ticozzi, Stefano. Dizionario degli architetti, scultori, pittori, intagliatori in rame ed in pietra, coniatori di medaglie, musaicisti, niellatori, intarsiatori d'ogni etá e d'ogni nazione (Volume 1). Gaetano Schiepatti. 216. 1830.
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