About Antonio Calza
Lived 1658 – 1725 (aged 66–67). Antonio Calza was an Italian painter, landscape painter, battle painter and artist.
Antonio Calza (1658 – 18 April 1725) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, known for his historical and battle paintings.
Biography Antonio Calza was born in Verona to a jeweler. He was the pupil of the Bolognese painter Carlo Cignani, then moved to Rome to work under Jacques Courtois. Guglielmo Capodoro (Paganini) and Giovanni Battista Canziani were his pupils. Calza, who worked mostly in Bologna, is known for painting historical and battle paintings.
In 1675, he reconciled with his father, and married an 88-year-old widow. He was to marry three times, the last in 1710 to a painter of flower still lifes. He painted in Milan for General Martini, and in Vienna for Prince Eugenie, including portraits of the Prince and the Emperor. He died in Verona on April 18, 1725.
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Italian painter (1658-1725)
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Antonio Calza was born in 1658 in Verona.
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Antonio Calza died on 18 April 1725 in Verona.
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Antonio Calza was a painter, landscape painter, battle painter and artist.
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Antonio Calza was Italian.
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