Giuseppe Melani

Giuseppe Melani

Giuseppe Melani (1673 - 1747) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Pisa.

He initially apprenticed with Camillo Gabrielli, and then became was a pupil of Ciro Ferri, who was a trainee of Pietro da Cortona. For the Pisa Cathedral, he painted a "Death of San Ranieri". He also painted figures for architectural frescoes, such as the vault of San Matteo (c. 1720) in Pisa, along with his brother Francesco Melani (died 1742).

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*cite book | first= Maria|last= Farquhar| year=1855| title= Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters| editor = Ralph Nicholson Wornum | pages= page 102| publisher= Woodfall & Kinder, Angel Court, Skinner Street, London; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on Jun 27, 2006| id= | url= http://books.google.com/books?q=intitle:Wornum+intitle:principal+intitle:painters | authorlink=
*cite book | first= James R.|last= Hobbes| year=1849| title= Picture collector's manual adapted to the professional man, and the amateur| editor = | pages= page 87 | publisher= T&W Boone, 29 Bond Street; Digitized by Googlebooks | id= | url= http://books.google.com/books?q=intitle:picture+intitle:collector's | authorlink=


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