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Detail of the portrait of Marco Boschini, engraving by Pietro Bellotti.

Known for his skills as an engraver and painter, he had a happy past as an art dealer and art writer of considerable renown.
The artist's career was one of the most successful in the world.
It has only recently been discovered that his year of birth can be traced back to 1602, but for many years it was thought to be 1613.

Marco Boschini, Venetian, was born on 5 October 1602 from his parents Zuan Antonio and Leonora. After his literary studies in the capital of Padua, he learned art at a young age, starting with painting by working in the workshop of Jacopo Palma il Giovane and then moving on to the engraving at Odoardo Fialetti.

In 1629 he settled in Venice in calle del Figher in San Marcuola, where in addition to buying a house he also established his workshop; in 1635 he married Felice Bocchi from whose marriage several children were born, two of which were male. The portrait of Doge Francesco

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