Biagio Martini
Biagio Martini (1761–1840) was an Italian painter, active mainly in Parma in a Neoclassical style.
Biography
Born at Parma, he was a pupil at the Parmesan Academy of Fine Arts under Gaetano Callani and Pietro Melchiorre Ferrari. He became a professor at the Academy. [1] He married Costanza, who was also a painter and the daughter of Giuseppe Baldrighi. Giuseppe, who died in 1803, was court painter in Parma for the Bourbon Duke.[2]
References
- ^ Encyclopedia Treccani, entry on Martini.
- ^ Enciclopedia metodica critico-ragionata delle belle arti by Pietro Zani, page 83.
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