Giuseppe Pierre Joseph Grisoni (''bapt.'' 24 October 1699–1769), also known as Grifoni or Grison, was an Italian painter and sculptor, noted for his landscapes and historical tableaux.
Biography
Born in
Mons, he studied in
Florence
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under
Tommaso Redi, abandoning his Flemish influences for the Italian tradition. In 1715 he travelled to
London
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with
John Talman
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and tried to establish himself as a
portrait
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painter. He did not achieve enough success to stay, however, and returned to Florence in 1728 to teach at the
Academy of Fine Arts
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. In 1740, he briefly relocated to
Pisa before settling in
Rome
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where he died.
One of his pupils was
William Hoare
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(1707–1792).
Works
*Family of
William Talman (
National Portrait Gallery)
*Self-portrait (
Uffizi
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)
*''Death of St Romuald'' (Uffizi)
*''Statue of St Joseph'' (Florence, Church of
Santissima Anunziata)
*''Rape of Proserpina'' (Uffizi)
Reference list
See also
Gallery of works.
External links
1699 births
1769 deaths
17th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
18th-century Italian painters
Italian sculptors
Italian male sculptors
Landscape artists
History painters
People from Mons
18th-century Italian male artists
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