Giovanni Battista Borghesi
Giovan Battista Borghesi'', also called ''Giovanni Battista or Giambattista (25 November 1790 – 11 December 1846) was an Italian painter and scenic designer of the Neoclassic period, active mainly in Parma. Biography He studied in Parma under Biagio Martini. Among his first works were frescoes of the ''Death of Hector'' and ''Flight of the Vestals'' painted for the house of his uncle, Pietro Borghesi. He painted a ''Madonna and Child with Saints'' for the church of Santa Margherita in Colorno; a ''Sant'Antonio Abate'' for the church of Sant'Uldarico; and a ''Trinity'' altarpiece (1822) for the Oratory of Trinità dei Rossi. He obtained a stipend from the Duchy in 1823, and used it to study and work for years in Rome, where he also painted scenography for the Teatro Argentina. Returning to Parma in 1830, he was nominated professor of painting at the Parmesan Academy of Fine Arts. In Parma, he worked as a restorer, including of the frescoes of Parmigianino at the Rocca Sanvita ...
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Parma
Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmigiano-Reggiano, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 inhabitants, Parma is the second most populous city in Emilia-Romagna after Bologna, the region's capital. The city is home to the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world. Parma is divided into two parts by the Parma (river), stream of the same name. The district on the far side of the river is ''Oltretorrente''. Parma's Etruscan name was adapted by Romans to describe the round shield called ''Parma (shield), Parma''. The Italian literature, Italian poet Attilio Bertolucci (born in a hamlet in the countryside) wrote: "As a capital city it had to have a river. As a little capital it received a stream, which is often dry", with reference to the time when the city was capital of the independent Duchy of Parma. Histor ...
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