Pietro Antonio Avanzini

Italian painter
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IntroItalian painter
A.K.A.Pier Antonio Avanzini
A.K.A.Pier Antonio Avanzini
PlacesItaly
wasPainter
Work fieldArts
Gender
Male
Birth1 January 1656
Death1 January 1733 (aged 77 years)
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Biography

Pietro Antonio Avanzini (Piacenza, 1656 - 1733) was an Italian painter.

Biography

He was trained by Marcantonio Franceschini in Bologna, and described as a painter of little originality, often copying his master's designs Among his works were some paintings in the Duomo of Piacenza, completed under his master in 1686. Also in Piacenza, for the chapel of Saint Bernardino da Siena in the church of Basilica di Santa Maria di Campagna, a Madonna and saints; and for the churches of San Giovanni in Canale, San Simone, San Protasio, and the Chiesa della Morte.

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