Giuseppe_Castagnoli

Giuseppe Castagnoli

Giuseppe Castagnoli

Italian painter

Giuseppe Castagnoli (1754–1832) was an Italian painter, mainly of quadratura and ornamentation.

Known to be active in Prato in Tuscany, he was appointed as a teacher of ornamentation for the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence, and published in Florence a book titled Le regole pratiche di prospettiva per i giovani figuristi.[1] He helped paint frescoes for the Hall of Bacchus in the Palazzina Reale delle Cascine of Florence.

References

  1. [1]
    Le arti belle in Toscana da mezzo il secolo XVIII ai di nostri: memoria storica, by Guglielmo Enrico Saltini, Tipografia Le Monnier, Florence (1862): page 46.


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