Pietro Antonio Novelli
Venetian painter of altarpieces and frescoes
Pietro Antonio Novelli was an Italian painter and engraver. Novelli trained with the Venetian painter Jacopo Amigoni. In 1768, he was accepted as a member of the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice. Novelli produced altarpieces and frescoes throughout northern Italy. Some of his commissions came from Catherine the Great. He moved to Rome around 1779 where he remained for over 20 years. He later returned to Venice where he died in 1804. His memoirs were published posthumously in 1834.
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Master student
- Jacopo Amigoni Master
- Pietro Novelli Master
Parent child
- Pietro Novelli Parent
Artworks by this artist
- Chained Nude Prisoner, after Pietro Tacca 1729[-]1804
- Marriage from The Seven Sacraments 1769
- Design for a Trade Card mid-18th century
- Apollo and Daphne
- A Venetian Family Portrait Group after 1750
- Den hellige Antonius af Padova knælende med Jesusbarnet i sine arme, mens Jomfru Maria og engle åbenbarer sig i skyen
- Confession or Penance from The Seven Sacraments 1769
- Baptism from The Seven Sacraments 1769
- Diana Visiting the Sleeping Endymion 1729[-]1804
- Die Heilige Familie im Rund
- Design for a Ceiling Painting with a Nuptial Allegory c. 1750 - c. 1775
- Half-Length Study for a Portrait of a Young Man mid-18th[-]early 19th century
- Saint Nicholas calms the storm
- Allegorical Figure of a Woman ca. 1745[-]55
- Extreme Unction from The Seven Sacraments 1769
- A Seated Slave mid-18th[-]early 19th century
- Head of a Man Looking Up 1770s
- Satirical drawing; Artist Painting an Old Lady’s Portrait 1729[-]1804
- A Bearded Monk Showing a Portable Altar to a Praying Child, with an Old Woman Kneeling mid-18th[-]early 19th century
- Holy Communion or The Eucharist from The Seven Sacraments 1769