Antonio Zucchi

Antonio Zucchi
Portrait (1781) by his wife, Angelica Kauffman
Born	(1726-05-01)1 May 1726 Venice, Italy
Died	26 December 1795(1795-12-26) (aged 69) Rome, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Known for	Painting
Movement	Vedutisti

Antonio Pietro Francesco Zucchi ARA (1 May 1726 – 1 December 1795) was an Italian painter and printmaker of the Neoclassic period.[1]

Life

Zucchi was born in Venice, he studied under his uncle Carlo Zucchi and later Francesco Fontebasso and Jacopo Amigoni.[2][3]

"Three dancing nymphs and a reclining cupid in a landscape" by Zucchi

He married the painter Angelica Kauffman in 1781, who late in life moved with him to Rome.[3] In Rome Zucchi produced a number of etchings of capriccio and veduta of classical buildings or ruins.[3] He worked with Robert Adam in the decoration of houses in England, including Kenwood, Newby Hall, Osterley Park, Nostell Priory, and Luton House.[3]

In 1756, he was elected to the membership of the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice.[3] In England, he was elected as an associate to the Royal Academy of Arts in 1770.[1]

Lady Boringdon commissioned him to paint the ceilings of rooms redesigned by Robert Adam at Saltram House in Devon. She also bought paintings from his wife for the house.[4]

He died in Rome in 1795.[3]

References

1. "Antonio Zucchi, A.R.A". Royal Academy of Arts Collections. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
2. Farquhar, Maria (1855). Wornum, R.O. (ed.). Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters. p. 207 – via Internet Archive.
3. "Antonio Zucchi". www.thefamousartists.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
4. Burnette, Arianne (2004). "Parker [née Robinson], Theresa (1745–1775), art patron | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/62773. Retrieved 23 March 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

External links

• 93 artworks by or after Antonio Zucchi at the Art UK site
• Lee, Sidney, ed. (1900). "Zucchi, Antonio Pietro" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 63. London: Smith, Elder & Co.