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Alessandro Marchesini (30 April 1664 – 27 January 1738) was an Italian painter and art merchant of the late-
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and
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, active in Northern Italy and
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. He first trained in
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with Biagio Falcieri and then with Antonio Calza. He then moved to
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, to work in the studio of
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. He is described as gaining fame for his allegories with small figures. He painted in for the church of San Silvestro, Venice; and for the church of Santo Stefano, Verona. He is also remembered for recommending a young painter,
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, to the Lucchese art collector Stefano Conti, stating that he was like Luca Carlevaris ''but with a sun shining''. Among his pupils is
Carlo Salis Carlo Salis (1680–1763) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Born in Verona. He was initially a pupil of the painter Alessandro Marchesini, then went to work under Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole and later with Antonio Balestra in Venice ...
.


Sources

*''Studi sopra la storia della pittura italiana dei secoli xiv e xv e della scuola pittorica.'' By Cesare Bernasconi. Published 1864. Page 372 (google books). Original from Oxford University *


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Marchesini, Alessandro 1664 births 1738 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Republic of Venice merchants Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters 18th-century Italian businesspeople Italian Baroque painters Painters from Verona 18th-century Italian male artists