Giovanni Cendramini was an Italian

Italy

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 painter and engraver.
He was born in Roncade

Roncade

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, Province of Treviso

Province of Treviso

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. At the age of 19 years, he came to London

London

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 and apprenticed with Francesco Bartolozzi

Francesco Bartolozzi

Francesco Bartolozzi was an Italian engraver, whose most productive period was spent in London.He was born in Florence...

, an engraver from Florence

Florence

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, then in England. Cendramini married an English wife and in 1805 was invited to Russia and patronized by emperor.

Initially forbidden to leave, he escaped with the help of the Neapolitan ambassador at St. Petersburg. On returning to England, he painted a Vision of St Catherine. He is best known for engravings of paintings of old masters such as Paolo Veronese

Paolo Veronese

Paolo Veronese was an Italian painter of the Renaissance in Venice, famous for paintings such as The Wedding at Cana and The Feast in the House of Levi...

, Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer whose genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance...

, Sebastiano del Piombo

Sebastiano del Piombo

Sebastiano del Piombo , byname of Sebastiano Luciani, was an Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter of the early 16th century famous for his combination of the colors of the Venetian school and the monumental forms of the Roman school.- Biography :Sebastiano del Piombo belongs to the painting school...

, and Giuseppe Ribera. He died in London.