Antonio Marinetti

Antonio Marinetti, also called il Chiozzotro (Chioggia, born circa 1700) was an Italian painter, active in a late-Baroque style.

Ragazzo con mela - Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

Biography

He was a pupil of Giovanni Battista Piazzetta.[1] He painted the main altarpiece for the Church of Sant'Agostino in Treviso, depicting a Virgin and Child with St Augustine and the Blessed Girolamo Miani. Miani was one of the founders of the Order of Somaschi priests. He also painted for the same church, a Guardian Angel and Glory of St Joseph with Saint Anne and the Holy Family. For the church of San Lorenzo in Treviso, he painted a St Anthony Abbot.[2]

References
  1. Dizionario degli architetti, scultori, pittori, intagliatori in rame, By Stefano Ticozzi, Page 400.
  2. Memorie Trevigiane sulle opere di Disegno dal mille e cento al mille Ottocento., By Domenico-Maria Federici Volume 1 Venice Presso Francesco Andreola, (1803), page 132.


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