Antonio Maria Zanetti

This article is about the Venetian art collector and critic. For the Venetian art historian and custodian of the Marciana Library, see Antonio Maria Zanetti (the younger).
Antonio Maria Zanetti
Born20 February 1680 Edit this on Wikidata
Venice, Republic of Venice
Died31 December 1767 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 87)
Venice, Republic of Venice
OccupationArtist, critic, collector, copper engraver, xylographer Edit this on Wikidata

Count Anton[io] Maria Zanetti (1689–1767)[1] was a Venetian artist, engraver, art critic, art dealer[2] and connoisseur. He formed a collection of engraved gems, of which he published a lavish catalogue.

  1. ^ Diana Scarisbrick, "A. M. Zanetti and the Althorp Leopard," Apollo 110 (1979:425-27)
  2. ^ Zanetti, Della pittura veneziana e delle opere pubbliche de veneziani maestri gives a view of contemporary Venetian painting; it continued to be expanded and reprinted decades after his death. Diana Scarisbrick, "A. M. Zanetti and the Althorp leopard," Apollo 110 (1979:425-27) gives the bibliography of Zanetti's publications.