Francesco Zanella
Francesco Zanella was an Italian painter, active in Padua and painting in a Baroque style.Biography
He was born in Padua, and he putatively trained under Luca Ferrari in Padua. He was prolific, mainly painted sacred subjects in a late-Baroque style. Luigi Lanzi describes him as spirited, but not diligent or well studied, known as the Giordano of this city due to the great number of paintings completed in a short time. His son Domenico was a mediocre painter.
He painted an altarpiece depicting the Encounter of St Anne and John the Baptist for the church of the Eremitani, Padua. He painted a Madonna with Saints Peter, Jerome, and other for the Paduan church of Santa Sofia. He also painted altarpieces for churches in Noale; the Sanctuary of the Madonna del Trestole ; and for San Canziano in Padova.
