Pietro Labruzzi portrait of Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Pietro Labruzzi (1739–1805) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassical period, active in

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and

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. He is best known for his altarpieces and portraits. He was born and died in

. Pietro was recruited as a painter for the court of

Stanislaus Augustus, King of Poland Stanislav and variants may refer to: People *Stanislav (given name), a Slavic given name with many spelling variations (Stanislaus, Stanislas, Stanisław, etc.) Places * Stanislav, a coastal village in Kherson, Ukraine * Stanislaus County, Cali ...

. Among his works is an altarpiece of the Chapel of the Madonna for the church of

Gesù e Maria Gesù or Gesu may refer to: * Church of the Gesù, the mother church of the Society of Jesus ** Church of the Gesù (disambiguation), other churches with the name * Jesus in the Italian language * Gesù Nuovo, a church and a square in Naples, It ...

in Rome. His younger brother

Carlo Labruzzi Carlo Labruzzo (1748–1817) was an Italian painter, primarily of landscapes who was born in Rome. In 1798, he was nominated professor at the Academy of Fine Arts of Perugia, and in 1812, he became director. He died in Perugia in December 1817. H ...

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 .George Hadfield: Architect of the Federal City
by Dr Julia King, page 23.

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1739 births 1805 deaths 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Polish male painters Italian neoclassical painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-stub