Francesco Zucchi Explained

thumb|right|250px|Self-portrait by Francesco Zucchi, 1733Francesco Zucchi (Venice, 1692–1764),^[1] was an Italian engraver, active mainly in Northern Italy.

Biography

He was the brother of Andrea (1679–1740) and Carlo Zucchi (1682-1767)^[2] and was instructed by Andrea in Pordenone.^[3] He is also described as close to Pietro Scalvini.^[4]

He was invited to Dresden to engrave some plates from the pictures in the Gallery but his work was interrupted by the Seven Years' War.^[3] According to Henry Fuseli, Zucchi never actually went to Dresden but he was sending his works from Venice instead.^[3] His artistic production includes reproductions of paintings, city views of Venice, Brescia, Brixen (Bressanone) and many illustrations for books^[5] including the 1742 Italian translation of the Paradise Lost by Milton.^[6] He died in 1764.

References

Attribution:

External links

• Web site: Franceso Zucchi - List of works . Il website cartografico e grafico della Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana di Venezia .
• Web site: Il ritratto inciso in alcune settecentine della Biblioteca Provinciale di Foggia "La Magna Capitana" . Marianna Iafelice . Biblioteca Provinciale di Foggia.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Francesco Zucchi the Younger. artnet.com.
2. Web site: Andrea Zucchi . artnet.com.
3. Web site: Franceso Zucchi . Il website cartografico e grafico della Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana di Venezia .
4. http://www.dizionariopittoribresciani.it/art%20zucchi%20francesco%20-%20dizionario%20pittori%20scultori%20bresciani.htm Dictionary of Brescian painters.
5. Web site: Zucchi's book illustrations . AbeBooks.com.
6. Web site: Illustration to Book X. Christ's College University of Cambridge. 2010-10-22. 2012-03-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20120302214139/http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/current-students/library/milton400/illustratingparadiselost/fortyseven/. dead.