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Giovanni Battista Casanova

Also known as: Giovanni Battista Casanova; primary name: Casanova, Giovanni Battista
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; Italian; Male
Other dates: 1728-1795 (baptised 1730)
Biography: Painter, draughtsman and academy teacher. Born Venice 1728 (as shown on gravestone), baptised Venice 1730, died Dresden 1795. Moved 1737 with mother to Dresden. 1748 University of Padua. 1749-52 Venice. 1752-1764 Rome with saxonian court painter A R Mengs. Teacher at the academy of Dresden 1764.
Bibliography: Saur; Vol. 17; Munich and Leipzig 1997.

Museum number: 1879,1109.144-152 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antoine Claude François VillereyAfter:Giovanni Battista Casanova |
Production date: 1789 1800 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)Published in:Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin)

Title: Alexandre Beloselsky |
Museum number: 1870,0625.177 |
Producer name: Print made by:Christian Gottfried SchulzeAfter:Giovanni Battista Casanova |
Production date: 1770-1800

Title: Alexandre Beloselsky |
Museum number: 1873,0712.376 |
Producer name: Print made by:Christian Gottfried SchulzeAfter:Giovanni Battista Casanova |
Production date: 1770-1800