Teodoro Viero (1740–1819) was an Italian printmaker and publisher, active in Venice.
Life
Teodoro Viero was born on 19 March 1740. He was a pupil of
Nicolò Cavalli Nicolò () is an Italian male given name. Another variation is Niccolò, most common in Tuscany. It may refer to:
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,
Pitteri and
Bartolozzi, from whom he learnt the art of engraving. He practised as a
miniature painter,
engraver and publisher,
[Beyer, et al., eds. 2021.] specializing in views of Venice.
[''Brit. Mus.''] He died on 2 August 1819 or, according to some sources, on 2 October 1821.
He was the maternal uncle of
Luigi Schiavonetti
Luigi Schiavonetti (1 April 1765 – 7 June 1810) was an Italian reproductive engraver and etcher.
Life
Luigi Schiavonetti was born at Bassano in Venetia. He was the maternal nephew of Teodoro Viero. After having studied art for several ...
.
References
Sources
* Beyer, Andreas; Savoy, Bénédicte; Tegethoff, Wolf, eds. (2021)
"Viero, Teodoro" ''Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon - International Artist Database - Online''. Berlin, New York: K. G. Saur. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
"Teodoro Viero" ''
British Museum
The British Museum is a Museum, public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is the largest in the world. It documents the story of human cu ...
''. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
Further reading
* Gallo, Rodolfo (1941).
L'incisione nel '700 a Venezia e a Bassano'. Venice: Libreria Serenissima Depositaria. pp. 36–38.
1740 births
1819 deaths
18th-century Italian artists
Italian engravers
Republic of Venice artists
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