Andrea Casali
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Andrea Casali (1705–1784) was an Italian painter of the Rococo period.
He was born at Civitavecchia, and is said to have been a pupil of Sebastiano Conca. He traveled to England in 1741, and stayed there for more than two decades, and where he was a teacher to James Durno. Some sources claim a birthdate of 1720 [1]. He was also called the Chevalier . He remained in England till 1766, after which he lived for some years at Rome.
[edit] Works
Some of his etchings include:
- The Virgin and Child, after Raphael
- St. Edward the Martyr
- Lucretia Lamenting Her Fate
- The Princess Gunhilda or Innocence Triumphant
[edit] References
- Bryan, Michael (1886). Robert Edmund Graves. ed. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume I: A-K). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. pp. pages 245–246. http://books.google.com/books?id=4GYCAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage&dq=DICTIONARY+AACHEN+AALST&as_brr=1.
- Hobbes, James R. (1849). Picture collector's manual adapted to the professional man, and the amateur. T&W Boone, 29 Bond Street; Digitized by Googlebooks. pp. page 45–46. http://books.google.com/books?q=intitle:picture+intitle:collector's.
- Masterpieces from Yorkshire Houses. York City Art Gallery, Alastair Laing. The Burlington Magazine (1994); page 196.
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. John Ingamells, Casali, Andrea (1705–1784), published Sept 2004,[1].
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