LONGHI, Alessandro


LONGHI, Alessandro

Artist

(b. 1733, Venezia, d. 1813, Venezia)

Details

Italian painter, the son of Pietro Longhi; he was a successful portraitist. He was the official portrait painter to the Venetian Academy, so that he was in a good position for compiling his Compendio delle Vite de' Pittori Veneziani Istorici (1762) with portraits etched by himself. //


Category Artists
Artists by letter L
Artist nationality Italian