Pietro Antonio Novelli
Italian painter and engraver active in Venice
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| Intro | Italian painter and engraver active in Venice | |
| A.K.A. | Pietro Antonio III Novelli Pietro Antonio III Novelli | |
| A.K.A. | Pietro Antonio III Novelli Pietro Antonio III Novelli | |
| Places | Italy | |
| was | Artist Painter Printmaker | |
| Work field | Arts Business | |
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| Birth | 7 September 1729, Venice | |
| Death | 14 January 1804Venice (aged 74 years) | |
| Star sign | Virgo |
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Biography
Pietro Antonio Novelli (1729–1804) was an Italian painter and engraver.
Novelli trained with the Venetian painter Giambattista Pittoni. In 1768, he was accepted as a member of the Accademia di Belle Artid in Venice. Novelli produced altarpieces and frescoes throughout northern Italy. Some of his commissions came from Catherine the Great. He moved to Rome around 1779 where he remained for over 20 years. He later returned to Venice where he died in 1804. His memoirs were published posthumously in 1834.
Paintings
Padre Celeste con santi San lio Venice 1779
Purificazione di Maria San Geremia Venice 1804
Engravings
The Seven Sacraments: Confirmation by Pietro Antonio Novelli, 1779