Antonio Carneo
Antonio Carneo (1637 – 1692) was an Italian painter, active in Friuli and Venice, and depicting both mythologic, allegoric, and religious canvases, as well as portraits.
Biography
He was born in Concordia Sagittaria, and trained under his father as a painter. He was active for many years in Portogruaro.[1] Other sources cite him as a pupil of Giovanni Giuseppe Cosattini (1625-1699) in Udine, but his paintings appear best to model Tintoretto and Paolo Veronese.[2]
In Portogruaro, he painted an altarpiece depicting the Charity of St Thomas of Villanova for the church of Santa Lucia. In the town castle chapel, he painted a Christ and saints. For the other rooms he painted the Redeemer with St Marck and donors and a St Peter Martyr. He painted a Last Supper for the town convent. For the church of San Rocco, he painted the main altarpiece depicting St Francis and companions. In 1604, he painted four altarpieces for the church of San Francesco.
There was another painter Giacomo Carneo subsequently active in Friuli.[3]
References
- Pittura italiana antica: artisti e opere del Seicento e del Settecento, by Alessandro Morandotti - 1995, page 103.
- Digital collection of Staatsgalerie Stuttgart.
- Della pittura friulana: saggio storico, by Count Girolamo De'Renaldis, Udine 1798,page 82-83.