Giacomo Giacopelli - Veduta Palazzo Ducale e Pilotta

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, whom he succeeded as scenographer for the Teatro di Parma from 1839 to 1851. Giacopelli collaborated from 1840-1844 with Nicola Aquila, and with Magnani (1848). In 1857, he was named instructor of perspective at the

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. Together with

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and Giacomo Gelati they completed the decoration of the ''Teatro di Verdi'' located in Fiorenzuola d’Arda, which opened in 1853. Few works of Giacopelli remain, including his depiction of the ''Interior of the Duomo of Parma during the blessing of the flag of the National Guard'', and the ''Atrium of the

Palazzo della Pilotta The Palazzo della Pilotta is a complex of edifices located between Piazzale della Pace and the Lungoparma in the historical centre of Parma, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy. Its name derives from the game of pelota played at one time by Spanish s ...

'' in Parma. He painted some of the quadratura behind the mains altars of the churches of Santa Cristina and San Rocco. Enrico Prati was one of his pupils.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Giacopelli, Giacomo 1808 births 1893 deaths 19th-century Italian painters 19th-century Italian male artists Italian male painters Italian scenic designers Painters from Parma