Vincenzo Guarana (July 22, 1742 –1815) was an Italian painter, active mainly in

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 ...

and its mainland territories.

Biography

He was born in

, and he trained under his father the painter

Jacopo Guarana 225px, ''Allegory of the virtues Mocenigo'', 1787 Jacopo Guarana (October 28, 1720 – April 18, 1808) was a Venetian painter of the late Baroque period who was born in Verona. He was active mainly in Venice and its mainland territories. In ...

(1720-1808) who had studied under

Sebastiano Ricci Sebastiano Ricci (1 August 165915 May 1734) was an Italian Baroque painter of the late Baroque period in Venetian painting. About the same age as Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Piazzetta, and an elder contemporary of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Tie ...

and later

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Giovanni Battista Tiepolo ( , ; 5 March 1696 – 27 March 1770), also known as Giambattista (or Gianbattista) Tiepolo, was an Italian painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice who painted in the Rococo style, considered an import ...

. Vincenzo joined the guild of painters in 1761, and in 1774 he was elected to the recently founded Venetian Academy of Fine Arts, after winning a prize along with Giuseppe Gobbis. He was president of the Academy in 1799 and 1802. Vincenzo collaborated circa 1780 with his father in the canvases decorating the

Palazzo Barbarigo della Terrazza The Palazzo Barbarigo dalla Terrazza is a Venetian Renaissance architecture, Renaissance-style palace on the Canal Grande of Venice, Grand Canal, across the Rio San Polo from the Palazzo Cappello Layard and adjacent to the Palazzo Pisani Moretta i ...

. He also painted a ''John the Evangelist'' for the piers of

San Pantalon The Chiesa di San Pantaleone Martire, known as San Pantalon in the Venetian language, is a church in the Dorsoduro ''sestiere'' of Venice, Italy. It is located on the Campo San Pantalon (square), and is dedicated to Saint Pantaleon. The 17th-cent ...

and the ceiling of the church of San Tomà depicting the martyrdom of the Saint and other scenes from his life. He also painted altarpieces for the church of San Giuliano and for the parish church of Selva del Montello, and the archbishop's church at

Colle Umberto Colle Umberto () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto, located about north of Venice and about north of Treviso. Colle Umberto borders the following municipalities: Cappella Maggiore, Conegliano, ...

. He completed also portraits and frescoes in the mainland.Storia della pittura veneziana
by Francesco Zanotto, page 390.

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