Antonio Ermolao Paoletti (May 8, 1834, in

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– December 13, 1912, in Venice) was an Italian painter, mainly of Venetian

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scenes, recalling

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life of children and women, as well as sacred fresco work for churches in the

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. Antonio's father, Ermolao Paoletti, was a well known scholar and writer of Venice. He wrote a much cited expansive guide to its architecture, monuments, artistic works, and customs. He also wrote a dictionary of Venetian dialect. He was an engraver and painter, and was a professor at the

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in Venice. Antonio attended course in the Accademia as a pupil of

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, and as a colleague of the sculptor Antonio Dal Zotto and the Armenian painter and engraver Edgar Chahine. He displayed in various exhibitions, including Milan in 1872, where he displayed ''Ecco come va il vino nelle messe''; at the 1884 Exhibition of Turin: ''Flowers for the Holy Virgin'' and ''Fa' caro al nonno!''; at the 1884 Promotrice Popolana Venicena; ''il pesce addenti''; and in 1885, ''Il venditore di pesce''. Among his many frescoes is the main altarpiece depicting the ''Madonna of the Rosary with St Anthony and St Materno'' (1863) for the parish church of

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.Alberto Peratoner (a cura di), Dall’Ararat a San Lazzaro: una culla di spiritualità e cultura armena nella laguna di Venezia, Venezia, Congregazione Armena Mechitarista, 2006. Like his father, Antonio also became a professor at the Accademia.

Gallery

File:Antonio Ermolao Paoletti Tauben fütternde Kinder in Venedig.jpg, ''Children Feeding Pigeons'' File:Antonio Ermolao Paoletti The bluff.jpg, ''The Bluff'' File:Antonio Ermolao Paoletti The melon sellers.jpg, ''The Melon Sellers'' File:Antonio Ermolao Paoletti A Venetian beauty.jpg, ''A Venetian Beauty'' File:Antonio Ermolao Paoletti (Italian, 1834-1912) «A serenade for the lacemakers, Venice».jpg, ''A serenade for the lacemakers''

References

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