Pietro Antonio Avanzini Explained

Pietro Antonio Avanzini (1656–1733)^[1] was an Italian painter.

Biography

He was born in Piacenza, trained by Marcantonio Franceschini in Bologna, and described as a painter of little originality, often copying his master's designs^[2] 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.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Garollo, Gottardo . 1907. Dizionario biografico universale . Ulrico Hoepli. 159 . Editore Libraio della Real Casa, Milan.
2. Book: Lanzi, Abate Luigi . 1878. The History of Painting in Italy: From the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century Volume II . Translated by Thomas Roscoe. 415 . George Bell and Sons, York Street, Covent Garden, London.
3. http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/pier-antonio-avanzini_(Dizionario_Biografico)/ Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 4 (1962)