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Zazzarini, G. & Co.
Identity
Category
Firm
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Connected
Details
Life dates
Activity
1873 * - 1906 Anvers, Marché aux Souliers, 37
Predecessor: Tessaro François
Dealers in "photographs, old and modern prints, works of art", according to ink stamp on mounts. Firm founded on 1.11.1873 for a duration of 15 years by Jean Baptiste Granello, known as Granello - Zazzarini (° Pieve Tessino [IT], December 1832; + Antwerp, 14.1.1906) and Emile Henri François Van Cuyck (° Antwerp, 12.8.1841; + Brussels, 1919) for the "acquisition and exploitation of the print and art dealership belonging to Mr François Tessaro". Both partners had been active in the business: Emile Van Cuyck was Tessaro's son-in-law while Granello - Zazzarini was a cousin. He had come to Antwerp in July 1846 as an apprentice with Tessaro and was subsequently recorded as a clerk in the business and then a print dealer there. The firm sold views by Léon & Lévy of Paris and Römmler & Jonas of Dresden. Also operated as a dépôt for supplies from Eugène Tessaro in Brussels (see that name). After Granello - Zazzarini's death, the "Cabinet d'estampes Zazzarini" was acquired by a certain Van Overloop and transferred to Avenue Britannique. The building in Marché aux Souliers was destroyed in a German bombardment on 7-8.10.1914.
Predecessor: Tessaro François
Dealers in "photographs, old and modern prints, works of art", according to ink stamp on mounts. Firm founded on 1.11.1873 for a duration of 15 years by Jean Baptiste Granello, known as Granello - Zazzarini (° Pieve Tessino [IT], December 1832; + Antwerp, 14.1.1906) and Emile Henri François Van Cuyck (° Antwerp, 12.8.1841; + Brussels, 1919) for the "acquisition and exploitation of the print and art dealership belonging to Mr François Tessaro". Both partners had been active in the business: Emile Van Cuyck was Tessaro's son-in-law while Granello - Zazzarini was a cousin. He had come to Antwerp in July 1846 as an apprentice with Tessaro and was subsequently recorded as a clerk in the business and then a print dealer there. The firm sold views by Léon & Lévy of Paris and Römmler & Jonas of Dresden. Also operated as a dépôt for supplies from Eugène Tessaro in Brussels (see that name). After Granello - Zazzarini's death, the "Cabinet d'estampes Zazzarini" was acquired by a certain Van Overloop and transferred to Avenue Britannique. The building in Marché aux Souliers was destroyed in a German bombardment on 7-8.10.1914.
Locations
1873 * - 1906 Anvers, Marché aux Souliers, 37
Exhibitions
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
CLAES, Marie-Christine. Répertoire des Tesini - Zazzarini: http://balat.kikirpa.be/tesini/fam/zazzarini.pdf
Context
Affiliations
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_2017#0502
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ new 6.1.2018; MCC revised 23.12.2018 & 4.1.2019; SFJ revised 9.8.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght.