Giovan Battista Borghesi'', also called ''Giovanni Battista or Giambattista (25 November 1790 – 11 December 1846) was an

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painter and scenic designer of the Neoclassic period, active mainly in

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Biography

He studied in Parma under

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. 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

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; 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

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. Returning to Parma in 1830, he was nominated professor of painting at the

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. In Parma, he worked as a restorer, including of the frescoes of

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at the

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of Fontanellato. He painted a portrait of the Duchess Maria Luigia (portrait now in the Galleria Nazionale di Parma). He painted the ceiling and theater curtain (sipario) of the new Teatro Regio of Parma. The latter depicts the ''Triumph of Wisdom''. He also frescoed a ceiling in the

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. He died after an illness that led to paralysis.Dizionario biografico dei Parmigiani illustri o benemeriti nelle scienze ...
by Giovanni Battista Janelli, Genoa, 1877, pages 73-75.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Borghesi, Giovanni Battista 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Parma Italian neoclassical painters 1790 births 1846 deaths 19th-century Italian male artists