Antonio Orgiazzi il Vecchio


Giovanni Antonio Salvatore Orgiazzi, also called Antonio Orgiazzi il Vecchio, was an Italian painter active mainly in the Valselsia, including at Varallo and Vercelli.

Biography

He was born and died in Varallo. He painted for the Sacro Monte di Varallo ; the Sacro Monte di Orta ; the church of San Giacomo at Varallo; the Sanctuary of the Madonna della Fontana at Azoglio of Crevacuore; and the church of San Pietro e Paolo at Boccioleto. He was the father of Rocco Orgiazzi, also a painter. Rocco's son, Giacomo Orgiazzi was an engraver and cartographer.