Pictures of
Antonio Vivaldi

Italian composer and violinist
(1678-1741)

One of the most admired composers from the Baroque period, Vivaldi developed the three-movement concerto and wrote over 450 concertos (including many for the violin); operas, oratorios, motets, cantantas and other sacred music. His most popular work of Vivaldi music is The Four Seasons.




Antonio Vivaldi
(Painting by François Morellon La Cave, 1723)




This etching of Antonio Vivaldi originally appeared in A General History of the Science and Practice of Music by Sir John Hawkins




Title page of Vivaldi's Suonate da camera a Trè due Violini, e Violine o Cembalo, op. 1. This work of 12 sonatas was published in Venice in 1705.






Note: This picture gallery page includes drawings, paintings, photos and images of Antonio Vivaldi, his music, activities, friends and family, and the various places where the composer lived and wrote.