Giuseppe Gherardi
Giuseppe Gherardi (Piacenza, 1756 - Piacenza, 7 November 1828) was an Italian painter, active in the Neoclassic style.
Biography[]
He painted a San Disma for the church of the Santa Maria in Torricella in Piacenza, a canvas that stood alongside an altarpiece by Roberto Da Longe.[1] He painted a Moses and a David for the church of Santa Maria in Campagna. The altarpieces stood facing St Roch and St Sebastian, painted by Andrea Procaccini. He also painted a Transfiguration that onces stood in the church of in Piacenza. Gherardi became professor of painting at the Istituto Gazzola in Piacenza. One of his pupils was Carlo Maria Viganoni.[2]
References[]
- ^ Gli artisti piacentini, cronaca ragionata, by Luigi Ambiveri, Tipografia Francesco Solari, Piacenza, 1879. pages 200.
- ^ L. Ambiveri, pages 200-201.
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