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==Biography==
==Biography==
He was the brother of [[Andrea Zucchi]] (1679–1740),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artnet.com/artist/692222/andrea-zucchi.html |title= Andrea Zucchi |publisher=artnet.com}}</ref> and was instructed by him in [[Pordenone]].<ref name=gw>{{cite web |url=http://geoweb.venezia.sbn.it/cgi-win/geoweb/archiweb.dll?service=direct&lang=0&uid=000004&session=000000&fld=B&value=003295 |title=Franceso Zucchi |publisher= Il website cartografico e grafico della Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana di Venezia }}</ref> He is also described as close to [[Pietro Scalvini]].<ref>[http://www.dizionariopittoribresciani.it/art%20zucchi%20francesco%20-%20dizionario%20pittori%20scultori%20bresciani.htm Dictionary of Brescian painters.]</ref>
He was the son of [[Andrea Zucchi]] (1679–1740),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artnet.com/artist/692222/andrea-zucchi.html |title= Andrea Zucchi |publisher=artnet.com}}</ref> and was instructed by him in [[Pordenone]].<ref name=gw>{{cite web |url=http://geoweb.venezia.sbn.it/cgi-win/geoweb/archiweb.dll?service=direct&lang=0&uid=000004&session=000000&fld=B&value=003295 |title=Franceso Zucchi |publisher= Il website cartografico e grafico della Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana di Venezia }}</ref> He is also described as close to [[Pietro Scalvini]].<ref>[http://www.dizionariopittoribresciani.it/art%20zucchi%20francesco%20-%20dizionario%20pittori%20scultori%20bresciani.htm Dictionary of Brescian painters.]</ref>


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]].<ref name=gw/> According to [[Henry Fuseli]], Zucchi never actually went to Dresden but he was sending his works from Venice instead.<ref name=gw/> His artistic production includes reproductions of paintings, city views of Venice, Brescia, [[Brixen]] (Bressanone) and many illustrations for books<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sortby=1&vci=1335660&prl=50| title= Zucchi's book illustrations |publisher=AbeBooks.com}}</ref> including the 1742 Italian translation of the [[Paradise Lost]] by Milton.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/current-students/library/milton400/illustratingparadiselost/fortyseven/|title=Illustration to Book X|publisher=Christ's College University of Cambridge|access-date=2010-10-22|archive-date=2012-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302214139/http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/current-students/library/milton400/illustratingparadiselost/fortyseven/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He died in 1764.
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]].<ref name=gw/> According to [[Henry Fuseli]], Zucchi never actually went to Dresden but he was sending his works from Venice instead.<ref name=gw/> His artistic production includes reproductions of paintings, city views of Venice, Brescia, [[Brixen]] (Bressanone) and many illustrations for books<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sortby=1&vci=1335660&prl=50| title= Zucchi's book illustrations |publisher=AbeBooks.com}}</ref> including the 1742 Italian translation of the [[Paradise Lost]] by Milton.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/current-students/library/milton400/illustratingparadiselost/fortyseven/|title=Illustration to Book X|publisher=Christ's College University of Cambridge|access-date=2010-10-22|archive-date=2012-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302214139/http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/current-students/library/milton400/illustratingparadiselost/fortyseven/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He died in 1764.

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Self-portrait by Francesco Zucchi, 1733

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

Biography

He was the son of Andrea Zucchi (1679–1740),[2] and was instructed by him 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.

References

  1. ^ "Francesco Zucchi the Younger". artnet.com.
  2. ^ "Andrea Zucchi". artnet.com.
  3. ^ a b c "Franceso Zucchi". Il website cartografico e grafico della Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana di Venezia.
  4. ^ Dictionary of Brescian painters.
  5. ^ "Zucchi's book illustrations". AbeBooks.com.
  6. ^ "Illustration to Book X". Christ's College University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2010-10-22.

Attribution:

  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1889). "Zucchi, Francesco". In Armstrong, Sir Walter; Graves, Robert Edmund (eds.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (L–Z). Vol. II (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.



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