Giuseppe Gherardi (

Piacenza Piacenza (; egl, label= Piacentino, Piaṡëinsa ; ) is a city and in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, and the capital of the eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with over ...

, 1756 - Piacenza, 7 November 1828) was an

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painter, active in the Neoclassic style.

Biography

He painted a ''San Disma'' for the church of the Santa Maria in Torricella in Piacenza, a canvas that stood alongside an altarpiece by Roberto Da Longe. He painted a Moses and a David for the church of Santa Maria in Campagna. The altarpieces stood facing ''St Roch and St Sebastian'', painted by

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. He also painted a ''Transfiguration'' that onces stood in the church of San Salvatore in Piacenza. Gherardi became professor of painting at the Istituto Gazzola in Piacenza. One of his pupils was Carlo Maria Viganoni.L. Ambiveri, pages 200-201.

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