Giovanni Pallavera (1818 in Cremona – 1886 in Milan) was an Italian painter, mainly known for his genre subjects in period costume.
He was a resident of Cremona. he began exhibiting in Milan as a student as early as 1847, and in the early 1850s depicted some subjects from history or literary subjects.[1] In 1870, he displayed La famiglia di buon cuore.[2] At Milan, in 1872, he exhibited: Gli ultimi tocchi, depicting a 16th-century painter in action; La Ritrosia di una modella; Lucia ringrazia l'Innominato; L'amore alla lettura; in 1881 to Milan, he sent Passeggiate sentimentali; Colla Nonna. At an 1883 contest in Milan, he sent: Contadinella con giovenca; Briansuola mezza figura; Costume Campagna Romana; and Paese; in 1883 to Rome, he sent Le Carezze alla mamma and La lezione di calze.[3][4]
He also painted some sacred subjects such as his paintings in the Quadreria dell’Ospedale Maggiore and for the Istituto dei Ciechi.[5]
References
edit- ^ Delle arti del designo e degli artisti nelle provincie di Lombardia dal 1777 al 1862., by Antonio Caimi, Presso Luigi di Giacomo Pirola, Milan (1862) page 78.
- ^ Istituto Matteucci Giovanni Pallavera biography.
- ^ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 349.
- ^ Guida pittorica ossia analisi intorno lo stile delle diverse scuole di pittura e degli artisti... (1855) By Alessandro Petti, Stabilimento Tipografico di nicola Fabricatore, Naples, page 91.
- ^ Istituto Matteucci biography.
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