TERRENI, Giuseppe Maria
(b. 1739, Livorno, d. 1811, Livorno)

Biography

Italian painter and printmaker. He was particularly active in his hometown where he painted many frescoes which were destroyed in World War II. In 1766 he was introduced to the grand ducal court in Florence, and later painted a room in the Palazzo Pitti. In 1773-78 he painted frescoes in the Medici Villa Poggio Imperiale. Between 1783 and 1785, he executed panoramic views of Livorno and its port in which the influence of Giuseppe Zocchi and Jakob Philipp Hackert can be seen.

Terreni used also watercolour and engraving to realize portraits.



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