Stefano Torelli (1712–1784) was an Italian painter. He was born in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

. He studied first under his father,

Felice Torelli Felice Torelli (9 September 1667 – 11 June 1748) was an Italian painter of the Baroque style, active mainly in Bologna. Biography He was born to a family of artists in Verona, including his brother, Giuseppe Torelli, a noted violinist and ...

, and then under

Francesco Solimena Francesco Solimena (4 October 1657 – 3 April 1747) was a prolific Italian painter of the Baroque era, one of an established family of painters and draughtsmen. Biography Francesco Solimena was born in Canale di Serino in the province of ...

. The future King of Poland,

Augustus III Augustus III ( pl, August III Sas, lt, Augustas III; 17 October 1696 5 October 1763) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1733 until 1763, as well as Elector of Saxony in the Holy Roman Empire where he was known as Frederick Augu ...

, brought him to

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...

in 1740, where he painted altar-pieces and ceiling decorations, many destroyed in the

Seven Years' War The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict that involved most of the European Great Powers, and was fought primarily in Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific. Other concurrent conflicts include the French and Indian War (1754� ...

. He painted figures in

Canaletto Giovanni Antonio Canal (18 October 1697 – 19 April 1768), commonly known as Canaletto (), was an Italian painter from the Republic of Venice, considered an important member of the 18th-century Venetian school. Painter of city views or ...

's twenty-nine views of Dresden (1741). In 1762 he was summoned to the Russian court where he painted ceilings in the Royal Palace, and some portraits, among the latter one of the Empress Elizabeth in armor. He was a clever caricaturist, and etched a few plates. He died in

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

Gallery

File:Catherine II by Torelli (Saratov).jpg, Portrait of

Catherine II , en, Catherine Alexeievna Romanova, link=yes , house = , father = Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst , mother = Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp , birth_date = , birth_name = Princess Sophie of Anha ...

, File:Caroline Tugendreich.jpg, Caroline Tugendreich, c. 1762 File:SokolovaAnastasia byTorelliStefano.jpg, Anastasia Sokolova, wife of

José de Ribas Admiral José de Ribas y Boyons (6 June 1749 – ), known in Italian as Giuseppe de Ribas and in Spanish as José Pascual Domingo de Ribas y Boyons and in Russian as Iosif (Osip) Mikhailovich Deribas (russian: Ио́сиф (О́сип) Миха́ ...

File:Anna Chernysheva by Stefano Torelli.jpg, Anna Chernysheva File:CharlotteAmalieofPløn duchess of augustenburg.jpg, Charlotte Amalie File:Heinrich Schimmelmann.jpg, Heinrich Schimmelmann, 1762 File:S.K. Naryshkin by Torelli.jpg, Semën Kirillovič Naryškin File:Stefano Torelli - Portrait of Grand Duke Pavel Petrovich - WGA23014.jpg, Grand Duke Pavel Petrovich File:Egmont Chasot.jpg, Egmont von Chasôt File:Stefano Torelli - Diana and Endymion - WGA23013.jpg, ''Diana and Endymion''

References

* 1712 births 1784 deaths 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian etchers Painters from Bologna 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub