Francesco Zucchi (Venice, 1692–1764), [1] was an Italian engraver, active mainly in Northern Italy.
Biography
He was the brother of Andrea Zucchi (1679–1740), [2] and was instructed by him 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
- ^ "Francesco Zucchi the Younger". artnet.com.
- ^ "Andrea Zucchi". artnet.com.
- ^ a b c "Franceso Zucchi". Il website cartografico e grafico della Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana di Venezia.
- ^ Dictionary of Brescian painters.
- ^ "Zucchi's book illustrations". AbeBooks.com.
- ^ "Illustration to Book X". Christ's College University of Cambridge.
Attribution:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Bryan, Michael (1889).
"Zucchi, Francesco". In Armstrong, Sir Walter; Graves, Robert Edmund (eds.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (L–Z). Vol. II (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
External links
- "Franceso Zucchi - List of works". Il website cartografico e grafico della Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana di Venezia.
- Marianna Iafelice. "Il ritratto inciso in alcune settecentine della Biblioteca Provinciale di Foggia "La Magna Capitana"" (PDF). Biblioteca Provinciale di Foggia.
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