Giuseppe Troni
Appearance
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Nationality | Italian, Portuguese, |
Patron(s) | Maria I of Portugal John VI of Portugal |
Giuseppe Troni (Portuguese: José Troni; Turin, 1739 – Lisbon, 1810) was an Italian court painter. He was initially a pupil of his father, Alessandro Trono, but completed his studies in Rome. He was portrait painter to the court of Naples, and later to the court in Turin.
Portuguese court
In 1785, he moved to Lisbon. In Lisbon, he would become famous once he became a court painter to the House of Braganza. He would paint there many famous portraits of the kings and princes of Portugal, as well as the Portuguese nobility.
Gallery
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Manuel de Figueiredo; 1785
References
- Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves (ed.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. p. 586.
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