Giacomo Anziani

Giacomo Anziani (Ravenna, 1681 - 1723) was an Italian architect, painter, and engraver, active in a late-baroque style.^[1]

Biography

He was a follower of Carlo Cignani. He made paintings of Santi Mauro, Placido, and San Felice with the Virgin for the now extinct church of San Giovanni Evangelista.^[2] He painted, along with his pupil Domenico Capaci, an altarpiece in the presbytery of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna.^[3] In 1723, he helped design the Teatro Communale, built posthumously.

References

1. Garollo, Gottardo (1907). Ulrico Hoepli (ed.). Dizionario biografico universale. Editore Libraio della Real Casa, Milan. p. 109.
2. Vite brevi degli artefici defunti che fecero per Ravenna opere esposte by Gasparo Martinetti Cardoni, page 3.
3. History of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine.