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 (26 total)
- Chained Nude Prisoner, after Pietro Tacca 1729[-]1804
- Holy Communion or The Eucharist from The Seven Sacraments 1769
- Diana Visiting the Sleeping Endymion 1729[-]1804
- Design for a Ceiling Painting with a Nuptial Allegory c. 1750 - c. 1775
- Extreme Unction from The Seven Sacraments 1769
- Confirmation from The Seven Sacraments 1769
- A Bearded Monk Showing a Portable Altar to a Praying Child, with an Old Woman Kneeling mid-18th[-]early 19th century
- Ordination from The Seven Sacraments 1769
- Half-Length Study for a Portrait of a Young Man mid-18th[-]early 19th century
- Saint John the Evangelist before 1755
- Baptism from The Seven Sacraments 1769
- Confession or Penance from The Seven Sacraments 1769
- A Seated Slave mid-18th[-]early 19th century
- Allegorical Figure of a Woman ca. 1745[-]55
- Design for a Trade Card mid-18th century
- Head of a Man Looking Up 1770s
- Freden og Retfærdigheden omfavner hinanden
- Die Heilige Familie im Rund
- Den hellige Antonius af Padova knælende med Jesusbarnet i sine arme, mens Jomfru Maria og engle åbenbarer sig i skyen
- Apollo and Daphne