Teodoro Matteini

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Teodoro Matteini (Pistoia, 1753 - Venice, 1831) was an Italian painter, mainly of historical and religious subjects.

Biography

He was active in Bergamo, and Milan, and Milan. In 1802 at Venice, he was elected professor of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, and in 1804, or design and in 1897 became professor in the new Academy. Matteini was able to restore to the Academy a large collection of stucco and terracotta models collected by Abbot Filippo Farsetti.

He is best known for his many pupils, including Giovanni Andrea Darif of Udine, Bartolomeo Ferracina of Bassano, Giovanni Busato of Vicenza, Murari of Florence, Sebastiano Santi of Murano, Francesco Hayez and Cosroe Dusi of Venice, Giovanni De Min of Belluno, Michele Fanolli of Cittadella, and Lodovico Lipparini of Bologna,

Among his masterworks are a painting of Angelica e Medoro, based on a work by Raffaello Sanzio Morghen.^[1]

References

↑ Della letteratura veneziana: del secolo XIX, by Count Filippo Maria Nani-Mocenigo, page 197.

Persondata
Name	Matteini, Teodoro
Alternative names
Short description	Italian painter
Date of birth	1753
Place of birth	Pistoia, Italy
Date of death	1831
Place of death	Venice, Italy

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