Giuseppe Camerata

Giuseppe Camerata (1718–1803) was an Italian miniaturist painter and engraver.

Biography

He was born at Frascati or at Venice, the son of G. Camerata, a painter of some reputation, and studied under Gregorio Lazzarini. He learned the technique of engraving from Giovanni Cattini, and after visiting Vienna in 1742, was in 1751 invited to assist in engraving the plates for the Dresden Gallery, and was there made principal engraver to the Court. He visited Italy again in later life, and subsequently came to Munich, where he settled for a time in 1763. He afterwards became professor in the Academy at Dresden, where he died.

Selected works

Portraits

Subjects from Dresden Gallery

References

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