Giuseppe Castagnoli

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

Biography

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]

References

  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.