Paolo Zacchia the Elder

Paolo Zacchia il Vecchio, Zacchia the elder, or Zacchia di Antonio da Vezzano (1490-1561) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. He was born in Vezzano Ligure and active in Lucca. He probably trained Florence, his works show influences of Domenico Ghirlandaio and Fra Bartolomeo. His son Lorenzo di Ferro Zacchia or Zacchia il Giovane was also a painter and engraver, active in Lucca.

Portrait of a lady

References

  • Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves (ed.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z). London: George Bell and Sons. p. 739.


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