Antonio Pietro Francesco Zucchi (1726–1795)

• Was an Italian painter and printmaker of the Neoclassic period.
• Zucchi was born in Venice.

• He studied under his uncle Carlo Zucchi and later Francesco Fontebasso and Jacopo Amigoni.

• He married the painter Angelica Kauffman in 1781, who late in life moved with him to Rome.

• In Rome Zucchi produced a number of etchings of capriccio and veduta of classical buildings or ruins.

• He worked with Robert Adam in the decoration of houses in England, including Kenwood, Newby Hall, Osterley Park, Nostell Priory, and Luton House.

• In 1756, he was elected to the membership of the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice.

• In England, he was elected as an associate to the Royal Academy of Arts in 1770.

• Lady Boringdon commissioned him to paint the ceilings of rooms redesigned by Robert Adam at Saltram House in Devon.

• He died in Rome in 1795.

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