- Stefano Torelli
Stefano Torelli (1712-1784) was an Italian painter. He was born in
Bologna . He studied first under his father,Felice Torelli , and then underFrancesco Solimena. The future King of Poland,
Augustus III , brought him toDresden in 1740, where he painted altar-pieces and ceiling decorations, many destroyed in theSeven Years' War . He painted figures inCanaletto 's twenty-nine views of Dresden (1741). In 1762 he was summoned to the Russian court where he painted ceilings in the Royal Palace, and some portraits, among the latter one of the Empress Elizabeth in armor. He was a clever caricaturist, and etched a few plates. He died inSt. Petersburg . XYZReferences
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Robert Edmund Graves| pages= page 580| publisher=George Bell and Sons|location=York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May
18, 2007 |id= |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=K2cCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Michael+Bryan+Painters+Engravers#PPP7,M1| authorlink=
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