Giorgio Anselmi (painter)

Giorgio Anselmi (5 April 1723 – 30 March 1797)[1] was an Italian painter.

Apparition of Saints Peter and Paul to Saint Dominic, palazzo Ducale, Mantua

Born in Verona, he studied with Antonio Balestra and worked mainly in Veneto, Lombardy, Emilia and Trentino with frescoes and oil works. He painted the dome of Sant'Andrea and some rooms of Palazzo Te in Mantua.

He died in Lendinara, from a fall while painting the dome of the local cathedral.

References edit

  1. ^ Brenzoni, Raffaello (1961). "Anselmi, Giorgio". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 3: Ammirato–Arcoleo (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.

Further reading edit

  • Bernasconi, Cesare. Studi sopra la storia della pittura italiana dei secoli xiv e xv e della scuola pittorica.