Antonio Joli
1700-1777
Italian
Antonio Joli Gallery
Born in Modena, he first apprenticed with Rafaello Rinaldi. He then worked in Rome with Panini and the Galli-Bibiena studio. He became a painter of stage sets for the theater in Modena and Perugia. By 1735, he had moved to Venice and stayed till 1746, when he traveled to Germany, London (1744-48), and Madrid (1750-54). In London, he decorated the Richmond mansion of the director of the King's Theater at Haymarket, John James Heidegger. He returned to Venice in 1754, where he became on of the founding members of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia. He traveled to Naples in 1762, and stayed there until he died.
ID: 77898 The Arch of Trajan at Benevento oil on canvas painting by Antonio Joli. The Arch of Trajan at Benevento oil on canvas painting by Antonio Joli. Painting shows a group of visitors led by Maria Amalia of Saxony, and an artist sketching
Date 18th century
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