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Antonio Zanchi (1631–1722) was an Italian painter of the Baroque active mainly in Venice but his prolific works can also be seen in Padua Treviso Rovigo Verona Vicenza Loreto Brescia Milan and Bergamo as well as Bavaria.He was born in Este and trained with Francesco Ruschi. His masterpiece was the canvas on the Plague of Venice painted for the Scuola di San Rocco. He also painted a number of canvases in the Venetian church of Santa Maria del Giglio.