Giuseppe Mazzola (December 5, 1748 – November 24, 1838) was an Italian painter born in

Valduggia Valduggia is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Vercelli. Valduggia borders the following municipalities: Boca, Borgosesia, Cellio con ...

Biography

He studied briefly with

Martin Knoller Martin Knoller (18 November 1725 – 24 July 1804) was an Austrian-Italian painter active in Italy who is remembered for his fresco work. Biography Born in Steinach am Brenner near the Austrian city of Innsbruck, Knoller studied under Paul Tr ...

, then in the Academy of Parma, and later under Anton Raphael Mengs. He was the successor of Knoller as teacher of painting at the Brera Academy as well as conservator of the Pinacoteca. He lost his right hand at 40 years of age, and began painting with left hand. Among his works are an ''Assumption of the Virgin'' for the parish church of Grignasco; a ''St Phillip'' for the church of Biella; and a ''Resurrection'' for the Rotonda of Somasco.

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* 1748 births 1838 deaths 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 19th-century Italian painters Painters from Milan Academic staff of Brera Academy Italian neoclassical painters People from Valduggia 19th-century Italian male artists 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub