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Lattanzio Querena

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Lactanzio Querena (1760-July 10, 1863) was an Italian painter. He was born in born at Clusone, near Bergamo. He studied at the Accademia of Verona, and also in Venice. He was very skilful in restoring old masters, and painted altarpieces for many churches in Venice, including Santa Maria Formosa (Santa Marina), Santa Maria del Pianto (Repose in Egypt), Santi Giovanni e Paolo (Descent from the Cross), and St. Mark's Basilica (mosaic of Last Judgement). He died at Venice.

References

  • Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves (ed.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. pp. page 333. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: location (link)