Giuseppe Quaglio (2 December 1747 – 23 January 1828) was an Italian painter and

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, active in scene painting in

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, and

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. Born in the town of

Laino Laino ( Comasco: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about north of Como. Laino borders the following municipalities: Alta Valle Intelvi, Blessagno, Cen ...

, between Lake Como and Lake Lugano, Giuseppe is part of the Quaglio family of scene painters, architects, and artists. Giuseppe's sons include the scene designer Simon (1795–1878), active mainly in

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, Angelo Quaglio the Elder (1784—1815), an architect and painter. He designed and painted landscapes and architectural pictures for Boisserée's work on

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(1787–1837), a landscape and architectural painter, scene painter, engraver, and architect, was born in Munich and died at Hohenschwangau; and Lorenzo (1793–1869), a genre painter and lithographer.

References

* *James Anderson, ''The Complete Dictionary of Opera and Operetta''. 1747 births 1828 deaths German scenic designers Opera designers 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 19th-century Italian painters Italian scenic designers Painters from Lombardy 19th-century Italian male artists 18th-century Italian male artists {{germany-music-bio-stub