200px, The Deposition of Christ San Zanipolo Lattanzio Querena (1 November 1768, in Predella in Valle di Scalva – 10 July 1853) was an Italian painter, depicting historical and sacred subjects,Della letteratura veneziana: del secolo XIX
by Count Filippo Maria Nani-Mocenigo, page 196. in a mainly Neoclassical style.

Biography

He was born in the

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. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Verona, and also studied in

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under Francesco Maggiotto. He later worked under Francesco Fedeli. He was very skillful in restoring old masters, and painted altarpieces for many churches in

, including a ''Santa Marina'' for

Santa Maria Formosa Santa Maria Formosa, formally The Church of the Purification of Mary, is a church in Venice, northern Italy. It was erected in 1492 under the design by Renaissance architect Mauro Codussi. It lies on the site of a previous church dating from the ...

; a ''Repose in Egypt'' for Santa Maria del Pianto; a ''St Francis of Assisi'' and a ''Sacred Heart'' for church of Nome di Gesù, Venice; a ''Deposition'' for the Santi Giovanni e Paolo; and the ancient mosaic depicting the ''Final Judgement'' located at the

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. He was the father of painter

Luigi Querena Luigi Querena (May 30, 1824 – April 3, 1887) was an Italian painter. He was born in Venice. Following in the footsteps of his father Lattanzio, a painter of historical and religious works, Luigi enrolled at the Venice Academy of Fine Arts at t ...

. One of his daughters married the genre painter

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(1828–1903). Lattanzio died in

. (Venice) St. Mark's Basilica, lunette of the main portal - The Last Judgment by Lattanzio Querena.jpg, Mosaic of ''Final Judgement'' at

Chiesa del Nome di Gesù - Venice - Francis of Assisi by Lattanzio Querena.jpg, ''St Francis'' in Nome di Gesù Chiesa del Nome di Gesù - Venice - Il Sacro Cuore by Lattanzio Querena.jpg, ''Sacred Heart'' in Nome di Gesù Lattanzio Querena (1768-1853).jpg,

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and the

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s Striking

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(1840)

References

* 1760 births 1853 deaths 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 19th-century Italian painters Painters from Bergamo People from Clusone Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia alumni 19th-century Italian male artists 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub