# SCALFAROTTO, Giovanni Antonio

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## Artist

- Lifespan: 1695–1764
- Profession: architect
- School: Italian

## Biography

Italian architect, active in Venice. He is best known for the design of the Neo-classical church of San Simone Piccolo, Venice \(1718-38\), a domed rotunda with a portico fronted by four Corinthian columns set between square corner-columns. He had an eclectic style. He designed the façade of the church of San Rocco, and the bell tower of the church San Bartolomeo \(1747-52\). Scalfarotto taught architectural drawing to the engraver Giovanni Battista Piranesi.

## Related artworks

- [Exterior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/scalfarotto-giovanni-antonio-ra7f477870281be/exterior-view-r2bdf98bc04bfe4>)
- [Exterior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/scalfarotto-giovanni-antonio-ra7f477870281be/exterior-view-r4bd6870c4ad90b>)
- [Exterior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/scalfarotto-giovanni-antonio-ra7f477870281be/exterior-view-r995a33fd0bd466>)

## Attribution

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