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Biography

He was born in Montalbano near Modena. He was largely self-taught and worked as both a decorative and an architectural painter in churches and both public and private buildings in Bologna and Florence. In 1764, he completed the nave ceiling frescoes for the small church of San Leone, Pistoia. He travelled with and illustrated the works of his compagnon Algarotti and designed the funeral monument on the Campo Santo in Pisa.Engraving in the Rijksmuseumbr>
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Works

Two of his paintings can be seen in the Residenzschloss Ludwigsburg.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tesi, Mauro Antonio 1730 births 1766 deaths Artists from the Province of Modena 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists