Paolo Anesi

Paolo Anesi ( born July 9, 1697 in Rome, † 1773 ) was an Italian landscape painter of the Baroque and Rococo.

Life

Anesi was the son of a silk weaver from Venice and a student of Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari (1654-1727), Bernardino Fergioni (around 1674-1738 ) and Sebastiano Conca. In 1723 he married the daughter of the architect Giuseppe Santi. He worked mainly in Florence and Rome and was very successful in his time. Its ruins pictures and vistas are based on Giovanni Paolo Pannini and Andrea Locatelli. 1761, he was involved in the fresco decoration of the Villa Albani at Rome. In 1757 he became a member of the Accademia dei Virtuosi al Pantheon.

Among his pupils was Francesco Zuccarelli.

In addition to painting, he was also known for drawings and etchings ( Varie vedute inventate et intagliate, Rome 1725, Cardinal Imperiali dedicated ).

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