Italian , 1659 - 1714 was an Italian painter born in Venice and active during the late-Baroque. He trained with his father, Giovanni Francesco Cassana, a Genoese painter, who had been taught the art of painting by Bernardo Strozzi. He painted a "Conspiracy of Catiline" for the Gallery at Florence. Having painted portraits of the Florentine court, and also of some of the English nobility, Nicoletto was invited to England, and introduced to Queen Anne, who sat to him for her likeness, and conferred on him many marks of favour. He died in London in 1714  Related Paintings of Niccolo Cassana :. | SS.Vincent,james,and Eustace | Mother cutting the hair | The Tuileries Study | Design | Portrait of Gabrielle de Roche-chouart Portrait of Gabrielle de Roche-chouart vbd |
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