Luigi Vacca (1778–1854) was an Italian painter and scenic designer, active in the Piedmont. He was trained under first his father, Angelo Vacca the elder, and later with Filippo Collino and Laurent Pécheux. He was a scenic designer for the Royal Theater of Turin and the

Teatro Carignano The Teatro Carignano (Carignano Theatre) is a theatre in Turin and one of the oldest and most important theatres in Italy. Designed by Benedetto Alfieri, it is located opposite the Palazzo Carignano. Building commenced in 1752 and the theatre was ...

for five decades. He painted the sipario of the theater. He taught this line of work at the

Accademia Albertina The Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti ("Albertina Academy of Fine Arts") is an institution of higher education in Turin, Italy History In the first half of the seventeenth century, there was a "University of Painters, Sculptors and Architects" ...

. He also painted canvases depicting historic and mythologic subjects, such as ''Votive prayer of the people of

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asking for the cessation of the plague'' (1810) for the Collegiata di Carmagnola, Turin and ''La vendetta di Latona'', exhibited posthumously at the Promotrice of Turin 1892. He was involved in the decoration of numerous palaces and churches, such as the Palazzo Pellizzari (1810) in

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, Alessandria; the Castle of Covone (1820) in

Cuneo Cuneo (; pms, Coni ; oc, Coni/Couni ; french: Coni ) is a city and ''comune'' in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the fourth largest of Italy’s provinces by area. It is located at 550 metres (1,804 ft) in ...

; the Abbey of Altacomba (1826–27) in Savoy; and the church of Santi Martiri (circa 1844) in Turin. From 1829 to 1835, he was active mainly in

Sassari Sassari (, ; sdc, Sàssari ; sc, Tàtari, ) is an Italian city and the second-largest of Sardinia in terms of population with 127,525 inhabitants, and a Functional Urban Area of about 260,000 inhabitants. One of the oldest cities on the island, ...

, Sardinia, in the decoration (Palazzo Civico, Teatro, University, and Duomo), often in collaboration with P. Bossi and G. Cominotti. His son, Cesare (died circa 1836), was also a scenic designer. Istituto Matteucci
short biography.

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