Giuseppe Maria Terreni (1739 - 1811) was an

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painter.

Biography

He was born in Livorno and there frescoed the Chapel of the Sacrament in the Livorno Cathedral and the Hall of ''Buon Umore'' in the Florentine Accademia of fine arts. Terreni also painted in some chapels of the church of Santa Caterina in the neighborhood of Venezia Nuova of Livorno. Alongside Antonio Niccolini, he helped decorate the ''Teatro degli Avvalorati'' (no longer extant). he also helped decorate the cupola of the

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. The painting ''Festa al Santuario di Montenero'' (1774), has been attributed to Terreni. ''Festa al Santuario di Montenero'' is presently at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery of Buffalo. In 1794, he painted in the Chapel of the Rosary of the Certosa di Calci in Pisa. A few years later, with

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, he redecorated the ''Sala delle Nicchie'' in the

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.F. Dal Canto, as cited in italian Wikipedia entry.

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1739 births 1811 deaths People from Livorno 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 19th-century Italian painters Painters from Tuscany 19th-century Italian male artists 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub