Cesare Alpini (born 9 May 1956) is an Italian art historian. Born in

Crema, Lombardy Crema (; Eastern Lombard, Cremasco: ) is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Cremona, in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. It is built along the river Serio River, Serio at from Cremona. It is also the seat of the Catholic Bishop of C ...

, he specialises in art from that city and Lombardy more widely. He is most notable for his contributions to scholarship on Giovanni Battista Lucini (on whom he is considered the main expert) and Gian Giacomo Barbelli. He has collaborated on several art exhibitions held in Crema, including ''Pittura sacra a Crema dal '400 al '700'' (1992), ''L'estro e la realtà'' (1997), ''Officina Veneziana ''(2002) and ''Luigi Manini'' (2007).

Works (in Italian)

Monographs

* ''Giovan Battista Lucini: 1639-1686'', Crema, 1987. * ''La Basilica di Santa Maria della Croce a Crema'', Silvana editoriale, 1990. * ''Giovanni da Monte. Un pittore da Crema all'Europa'', Bolis, 1996. * with Goffredo Colombani e Chiara Coppa, ''Carlo Casanova. L'ultimo dei romantici'', Ed. d'arte Severgnini, 2004.

Essays in collections

* 'Il Settecento di terraferma', in Federico Zeri (editor), ''Pinacoteca di Brera. Scuola veneta'', Electa, 1990. * 'I pittori e le botteghe artistiche in Crema nei secoli del Dominio Veneziano', in Filippo Pedrocco and Fabrizio Magani (editors), ''Officina veneziana. Maestri e botteghe nella Venezia del Settecento'', Skira, 2002, . * Gaia Piccarolo and Giuliana Ricci (editors), ''Luigi Manini (1848-1936)'', Skira, 2007, .

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alpini, Cesare Italian art historians People from Crema, Lombardy Living people 1956 births