Francesco Polazzo (1683–1753) was an Italian painter of the late-

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period, active mainly in

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. He was a pupil of

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (also called Giambattista Piazzetta or Giambattista Valentino Piazzetta) (February 13, 1682 or 1683 – April 28, 1754) was an Italian Rococo painter of religious subjects and genre scenes. Biography Piazzetta was ...

, and painted portraits and historical subjects, though better known as a restorer of pictures. Lanzi said of him that he ''softened down the style of Piazzetta with that of

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.'' San Trovaso (Venice) - Cristo e il centurione - Francesco Polazzo.jpg, ''Christ and the Centurion''

San Trovaso San Trovaso (dedicated to Saints Gervasius and Protasius, of which ''Trovaso'' is a vernacular Contraction (grammar), contraction) is a church in the sestiere or neighborhood of Dorsoduro in Venice, northern Italy. The church dates to at least t ...

(Venice) Rebecca al pozzo con Eleazar di Francesco Polazzo.jpg, ''Rebecca at the Well with Eleaza''

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Ceiling from palazzo nani in Ca'Rezzonico-museum

Source:https://www.savevenice.org/project/ceiling-from-palazzo-nani-now-in-ca-rezzonico-museum (Venice) Africa by Francesco Polazzo - ceiling from palazzo nani in Ca'Rezzonico-museum.jpg, ''Africa'' (Venice) America by Francesco Polazzo - ceiling from palazzo nani in Ca'Rezzonico-museum.jpg, ''America'' (Venice) Europa by Francesco Polazzo - ceiling from palazzo nani in Ca'Rezzonico-museum.jpg, ''Europa'' (Venice) Asia by Francesco Polazzo - ceiling from palazzo nani in Ca'Rezzonico-museum.jpg, ''Asia''

References

* * Lanzi, Luigi, ''The History of Painting in Italy: The school of Venice''. Translated by

Thomas Roscoe Thomas Roscoe (Liverpool 23 June 1791 – 24 September 1871 London) was an English author and translator. Life The fifth son of William Roscoe, he was born in Toxteth, Toxteth Park, Liverpool in 1791, and educated by Dr. W. Shepherd and by ...

, 1828. Page 361.

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1683 births 1753 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Painters from the Republic of Venice Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub