Alessandro Marchesini

Alessandro Marchesini (30 April 1664 – 27 January 1738) was an Italian painter and art merchant of the late-Baroque and Rococo, active in Northern Italy and Venice.

He first trained in Verona with Biagio Falcieri and then with Antonio Calza.

He then moved to Bologna, to work in the studio of Carlo Cignani.

He is also remembered for recommending a young painter, Canaletto, to the Lucchese art collector Stefano Conti, stating that he was like Luca Carlevaris but with a sun shining.

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