1685-1752 Italian Jacopo Amigoni Galleries He was born in Naples or Venice. Amigoni initially painted both mythological and religious scenes; but as the panoply of his patrons expanded northward, he began producing many parlour works depicting gods in sensuous languor or games. His style influenced Giuseppe Nogari. Among his pupils were Charles Joseph Flipart, Michelangelo Morlaiter, Pietro Antonio Novelli, Joseph Wagner, and Antonio Zucchi. Starting in 1717, he is documented as working in Bavaria in the Castle of Nymphenburg (1719); in the castle of Schleissheim (1725-1729); and in the Benedictine abbey of Ottobeuren. He returned to Venice in 1726. His Arraignment of Paris hangs in the Villa Pisani at Stra. From 1730 to 1739 he worked in England, in Pown House, Moor Park and in the Theatre of Covent Garden. From there, he helped convince Canaletto to travel to England by telling him of the ample patronage available. From his travel to Paris in 1736, he met the celebrated castrato named Farinelli. Later in Madrid, he was to paint a self-portrait with the singer and entourage. He also encountered the painting of François Lemoine and Boucher. In 1739 he returned to Italy, perhaps to Naples and surely to Montecassino, in whose Abbey existed two canvases (destroyed during World War II). Until 1747, he travelled to Venice to paint for Sigismund Streit, for the Casa Savoia and other buildings of the city. In 1747 he left Italy and established himself in Madrid. There he became court painter to Ferdinand VI of Spain and director of the Royal Academy of Saint Fernando. He died in Madrid.
infanta of Spain, daughter of King Philip V of Spain and of his wife, Elizabeth Farnese, and Queen consort of Sardinia as wife of King en:Victor Amade
Maria Antonietta of Spain (1729-1785), infanta of Spain, daughter of King Philip V of Spain and of his wife, Elizabeth Farnese, and Queen consort of Sardinia as wife of King en:Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia. Deutsch: de:Maria Antonia von Spanien (1729-1785), Königin von Piemont-Sardinien, Infantin von Spanien, jxngste Tochter des spanischen Königs Philipp V. und dessen Gemahlin de:Elisabetta Farnese. Frau von König Viktor Amadeus II. (Sardinien-Piemont) (Herzog Viktor Amadeus III von Savoyen). Français : Marie Antoinette infante d'Espagne (1729-1785), reine de Sardaigne-Pixmont, duchesse de Savoie, fille de roi Philippe V d'Espagne, femme de Victor-Amxdxe III de Savoie. Español: es:Marxa Antonieta de España Magyar: Mxria Antonietta spanyol infxnsnő (1729-1785), szxrd-piemionti kirxlynx, savoyai hercegnx, V. Fxlöp spanyol kirxly xs Farnese Erzsxbet legkisebb lexnya, I. Viktor Amadx szxrd-piemonti kirxly (II. Viktor Amadx sayvoai herceg) felesxge. Polski: pl:Maria Antonia Burbon ca. 1750(1750) Oil on canvas cjr