Giulio or Giuliano Traballesi or Trabellesi (1727–1812) was an Italian designer and
engraver.
Biography
He was born in
Florence
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. After training with
Agostino Veracini and
Francesco Conti in
Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...
, Trabellesi studied architecture under
Antonio Galli-Bibiena. He widened his experience by studying painting based on the works of
Antonio da Correggio of
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 ...
and those of painters from
Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...
. In 1775, he became professor of painting at the
Brera Academy
The Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera ("academy of fine arts of Brera"), also known as the or Brera Academy, is a state-run tertiary public academy of fine arts in Milan, Italy. It shares its history, and its main building, with the Pinacoteca di ...
of Milan, where his style reflected the reigning neoclassicism of
Mengs
Anton Raphael Mengs (22 March 1728 – 29 June 1779) was a German painter, active in Dresden, Rome, and Madrid, who while painting in the Rococo period of the mid-18th century became one of the precursors to Neoclassical painting, which replace ...
. He painted in Milan for the residences of the Busca and
Serbelloni. Among his pupils at the academy was
Andrea Appiani
Andrea Appiani (31 May 17548 November 1817) was an Italian neoclassical painter.
Life
Born in Milan, it had been intended that he follow his father's career in medicine but instead entered the private academy of the painter Carlo Maria Giud ...
.
His drawings for the collection of portraits of illustrious Florentines was engraved by
Giuseppe Allegrini and others. He made etchings after Italian painters of the
School of Bologna, among them:
#''The Communion of St. Jerome'' after
Agostino Carracci
Agostino Carracci (or Caracci) (16 August 1557 – 22 March 1602) was an Italian painter, printmaker, tapestry designer, and art teacher. He was, together with his brother, Annibale Carracci, and cousin, Ludovico Carracci, one of the founders of ...
#''Saints Alo & Petronius kneeling before Virgin'' & ''Conversion of St. Paul'' after
Ludovico Carracci
Ludovico (or Lodovico) Carracci (21 April 1555 – 13 November 1619) was an Italian, early-Baroque painter, etcher, and printmaker born in Bologna. His works are characterized by a strong mood invoked by broad gestures and flickering light th ...
#''The Circumcision'' after
Reni
#''Communion of St. Catharine'' after
Giacomo Cavedone
Giacomo Cavedone (also called ''Giacomo Cavedoni'') (1577–1660) was an Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School.
Life
He belonged to the generation of Carracci-inspired or trained painters that included Giovanni Andrea Donducci (Maste ...
References
Artists from Florence
Italian engravers
18th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
19th-century Italian painters
Painters from Milan
1812 deaths
1727 births
Academic staff of Brera Academy
19th-century Italian male artists
18th-century Italian male artists
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