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Giacomo Anziani

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Giacomo Anziani (Ravenna, 1681 - 1723) was an Italian architect, painter, and engraver, active in a late-baroque style.[1]

Biography

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He was a follower of Carlo Cignani. He made paintings of Santi Mauro, Placido, and San Felice with the Virgin for the now extinct church of San Giovanni Evangelista.[2] He painted, along with his pupil Domenico Capaci, an altarpiece in the presbytery of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna.[3] In 1723, he helped design the Teatro Communale, built posthumously.

References

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  1. ^ Garollo, Gottardo (1907). Ulrico Hoepli (ed.). Dizionario biografico universale. Editore Libraio della Real Casa, Milan. p. 109.
  2. ^ Vite brevi degli artefici defunti che fecero per Ravenna opere esposte by Gasparo Martinetti Cardoni, page 3.
  3. ^ History of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine.