Andrea Celeste (Celesti, Andrea). Born in 1637 in Venice , died , probably in 1712 in Garden . The student Matteo Pontsoie . He worked in Venice, near Breshna and elsewhere North . Italy. Known for his painting ( 1675 ) " The phenomenon of the Madonna to St. Luke " in the church of SS. Giovammi e Paolo. The very picture of ( now lost ) has been highly appreciated by his contemporaries. Fragonard , wrote in a letter " that the artist is one of the best among those who now works in Venice ." In 1681 he was awarded the doge Alvise Contarini, the title of knight. According to legend, after the annual public exhibition at the Piazza San Marco, A. Celesti was forced to flee from Venice, because of the anger of the same Doge Contarini , whom he portrayed with donkey ears
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