Antonio Molinari
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Antonio Molinari (January 21, 1655 - February 3, 1704) was a Venetian painter of the Baroque era.
Son of a painter, he apprenticed with Antonio Zanchi in Venice. He was strongly influenced by the vigorous and athletic paintings of Napolitan painters like Giordano. He typically painted tumultuous narratives of mythology and religion in large canvases. This would influence his pupil (1697-1703), Piazzetta, and his grand manner style.
Among his works are the Feeding of the Five Thousand (1690; San Pantalon, Venice) and the Death of Uzzah (c. 1695; Santa Maria degli Angeli in Murano); Fight of Centaurs and Lapiths (c. 1698, Ca' Rezzonico).
[edit] Sources
- Grove encylcopedia biography on Artnet.
- Wittkower, Rudolf (1993). Pelican History of Art, Art and Architecture Italy, 1600-1750, 1980, Penguin Books Ltd, pp349-350.
