Giuseppe Maria Terreni

Giuseppe Maria Terreni (1739 - 1811) was an Italian painter.

Piazza Grande of Livorno in 19th century

Biography

He was born in Livorno and there frescoed the Chapel of the Sacrament in the Livorno Cathedral and the Hall of Buon Umore in the Florentine Accademia of fine arts.[1]

Terreni also painted in some chapels of the church of Santa Caterina in the neighborhood of Venezia Nuova of Livorno. Alongside Antonio Niccolini, he helped decorate the Teatro degli Avvalorati (no longer extant). he also helped decorate the cupola of the Sanctuary of Montenero.[2] The painting Festa al Santuario di Montenero (1774), has been attributed to Terreni. Festa al Santuario di Montenero is presently at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery of Buffalo. In 1794, he painted in the Chapel of the Rosary of the Certosa di Calci in Pisa. A few years later, with Giuseppe Castagnoli, he redecorated the Sala delle Nicchie in the Palazzo Pitti of Florence.

From 1783 to 1785, he completed vedute of the city and port of Livorno, demonstrating influence of Giuseppe Zocchi and Jakob Philipp Hackert.[3]

References
  1. Saltini, Guglielmo Enrico (1862). Le Arti Belle in Toscana da mezzo il Secolo XVIII ai di Nostri (book). Florence: Tipografia Le Monnier. p. 46.
  2. F. Dal Canto, Giuseppe Maria Terreni. La vita e la produzione artistica (1739-1811), Livorno 1992. As cited in italian wikipedia entry.
  3. F. Dal Canto, as cited in italian Wikipedia entry.



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