Nicola or Niccolò Contestabili (1759–1824) was an Italian painter, mainly depicting history and landscapes in a
Neoclassic style.
Biography
His father
Antonio Contestabili
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was a landscape and
quadratura painter. Born in
Pontremoli, Nicola moved to Florence in 1778 to study under
Francesco Zuccarelli. Nicola also painted the sipario or theater curtain for the
Persio Flacco Theater
The Persio Flacco is an active opera and theater stage in Volterra, Italy.
History
Volterra still lacked a proper indoor performance stage in the early nineteenth century. In 1816 a group of citizens, including cavaliere Bartolommeo Falchi, caval ...
in
Volterra. He returned to live in
Pontremoli from 1786 to 1802, when he returned to Florence. In Pontremoli, he painted scenes of ''Niobe'' and ''Aurora'' for the Casa Gramoli. He also painted in Casa Martelli.
Archivio Storico per le Provincie Parmensi
Volumes 3-4, Entry by Camillo Cimatti, Presso La Reale Deputazione di Storia Patria, Parma (1807) page 153. He died in Florence.
References
1759 births
1824 deaths
18th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
19th-century Italian painters
Painters from Tuscany
Italian neoclassical painters
19th-century Italian male artists
18th-century Italian male artists
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