Antonio Diziani was an Italian

Italy

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 painter of the 18th century, active mainly in painting vedute or landscapes and vistas of Venice

Venice

Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...

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His father, Gaspare Diziani

Gaspare Diziani

Gaspare Diziani was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Roccoco period, active mainly in the Veneto but also in Dresden and Munich.-Biography:...

, was a prominent rococo

Rococo

Rococo , also referred to as "Late Baroque", is an 18th-century style which developed as Baroque artists gave up their symmetry and became increasingly ornate, florid, and playful...

 artist who painted canvases and decorative frescoes, but Antonio was more strongly influenced by Francesco Zuccarelli

Francesco Zuccarelli

Francesco Zuccarelli was an Italian Rococo painter.He was born at Pitigliano, in southern Tuscany, where he initially apprenticed with Paolo Anesi...

 and Giuseppe Zais

Giuseppe Zais

Giuseppe Zais was an Italian painter of landscapes who painted mostly in Venice.He was born in Forno di Canale....

. He was a contemporary of Canaletto

Canaletto

Giovanni Antonio Canal better known as Canaletto , was a Venetian painter famous for his landscapes, or vedute, of Venice. He was also an important printmaker in etching.- Early career :...

. In 1774 he was elected a member of the Painting and Sculpture Academy in Venice.