Antonio Marini (1668-1725)
• Was an Italian painter, mainly of sacred subjects for churches in Tuscany.
• He was born in Prato.
• Early in his career, he painted frescoes, including one depicting Zeus in Olympus, for the Esterhazy Palace in Vienna.
• He painted the frescoes of the Life of St Anne for the chapel dei Giuntini in San Giuseppe.
• Among his canvases in oil is one of the Virgin about to embrace her Jesus as a child (1843) and a Glory of the Virgin (1847) for the church of Santa Maria delle Carceri in Prato.
• Marini was employed in restoration (1840) of the frescoes in the Palazzo del Podesta of Prato.
• His wife, Giulia Marini, painted landscapes and still-life.
• He died in Florence.
