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Felice Polanzani (or Polanzi) (c. 1700 - after 1771) was an Italian engraver.
Polanzani was born at
Felice Polanzani (or Polanzi) (c. 1700 - after 1771) was an Italian engraver.
Polanzani was born at Noale
Noale is a town in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, Italy.
It is part of the Miranese district, together with the neighboring municipalities of Mirano, Santa Maria di Sala, Salzano, Scorzè, Spinea and Martellago.
The town is home to ...
, near Venice
Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are li ...
, but worked mainly in Rome
Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...
, where he engraved a set of twenty-two plates, representing the ''Life of the Virgin'' based on designs some attributed to Nicolas Poussin
Nicolas Poussin (, , ; June 1594 – 19 November 1665) was a French painter who was a leading painter of the classical French Baroque style, although he spent most of his working life in Rome. Most of his works were on religious and mythologic ...
, others to Jacobo Stella. He also engraved works of Van Dyck
Sir Anthony van Dyck (; ; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Spanish Netherlands and Italy.
The seventh child of Frans van Dyck, a wealt ...
, Carlo Cignani
Carlo Cignani (; 15 May 1628 – 8 September 1719) was an Italian painter. His innovative style referred to as his 'new manner' introduced a reflective, intimate mood of painting and presaged the later pictures of Guido Reni and Guercino, as well ...
, Marco Benefial
Marco Benefial (25 April 1684 – 9 April 1764)
"Marco Benefial (Getty Museum)" (history),
The Getty Museum, 2006, webpage:
GM-Benefial.
was an Italian, proto- Neoclassical painter, mainly active in Rome. Benefial is best known for h ...
, and G. Noyan., page 30
References
18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian engravers 1700s births Year of death unknown Artists from the Metropolitan City of Venice 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-engraver-stub