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(2) Francesco Maggiotto
(b Venice, 1738; d Venice, 13 Sept 1805). Son of (1) Domenico Maggiotto. He continued his father’s innovations, while also being an eclectic follower of such major 18th-century Venetian painters as Giambattista Pittoni, Giambattista Tiepolo, Pietro Longhi (ii) and Francesco Zuccarelli. He studied with Michelangelo Morlaiter (1729–1806) and Pietro Novelli. His paintings include historical subjects, allegories (e.g. Nature Presented to the Academy, 1769; Venice, Gal. Venezia) and genre scenes that tend towards the didactic and moralistic, derived from the work of Longhi, which he knew through the engravings of Josef Wagner (1706–80). Within the circle of the Accademia in Venice, he was widely appreciated as a painter, and among his pupils were the most important Venetian artists of the early 19th century, including Lattanzio Querena (1768–1853), Carlo Bevilacqua (1775–1849), Natale Schiavoni (1777–1858) and Francesco Hayez.
Part of the Maggiotto family
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