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Francesco Zucchi

Italian engraver (1692–1764) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Francesco Zucchi
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Francesco Zucchi (Venice, 1692–1764),[1] was an Italian engraver, active mainly in Northern Italy.

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Self-portrait by Francesco Zucchi, 1733
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Biography

He was the brother of Andrea (1679–1740) and Carlo Zucchi (1682-1767)[2] and was instructed by Andrea in Pordenone.[3] He is also described as close to Pietro Scalvini.[4]

He was invited to Dresden to engrave some plates from the pictures in the Gallery but his work was interrupted by the Seven Years' War.[3] According to Henry Fuseli, Zucchi never actually went to Dresden but he was sending his works from Venice instead.[3] His artistic production includes reproductions of paintings, city views of Venice, Brescia, Brixen (Bressanone) and many illustrations for books[5] including the 1742 Italian translation of the Paradise Lost by Milton.[6] He died in 1764.

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