Antonio Nessi

Antonio Nessi (1834, in Como – 1907) was an Italian engraver, painter, and photographer.

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Biography

Antonio Nessi was a resident of Como. At the National Exposition of Turin he exhibited various engravings depicting monuments and architecture of Lombardy, including the Cathedral of Como; the Palazzo del Comune (City Hall) of Como; Torre di Porta Vittoria in Como; Basilica of Sant'Abbondio; Prepositura di San Fedele; Parrish Church of San Carpoforo; Torre del Baradello in Como; Santa Maria del Tiglio in Como; Baptistery of Galliano; Baptistery of Varese: Baptistery of Lenito; Cloister of Pioria; Archbishopric of Castiglione Olona; and the Church of San Pietro al Monte at Civate.[1] He was one of the first landscape and vedute photographers in Northern Lombardy.[2]

References
  1. Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti, by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 326.
  2. Museum of Photographic Arts Balboa Park, San Francisco.


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