Pietro Labruzzi (1739–1805) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassical period, active in Rome and Poland. He is best known for his altarpieces and portraits.
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He was born and died in Rome. Pietro was recruited as a painter for the court of Stanislaus Augustus, King of Poland.[1] Among his works is an altarpiece of the Chapel of the Madonna for the church of Gesù e Maria in Rome.[2]
His younger brother Carlo Labruzzi was a respected landscape painter in Rome. His son, Tommasso Pietro Labruzzi, was a history painter in Rome, died in 1808. One of his pupils was William Thomas Hadfield .[3]
References
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- ^ Enciclopedia Treccani, short biographical entry.
- ^ Itinerario istruttivo di Roma antica e moderna: ovvero descrizione generale, by Mariano Vasi.
- ^ George Hadfield: Architect of the Federal City, by Dr Julia King, page 23.