The surname Quaglio belongs to a large family of artists, both painters, architects, and scenographers (

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), originally from

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, between

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. They were active mainly from the 17th to 20th century, both in Italy and in Austria and Germany. They include: * Giulio Quaglio the Elder (1610–1658) *

Giulio Quaglio the Younger Giulio Quaglio the Younger (1668–1751) was an Italian Baroque painter. He was part of the large Quaglio pedigree of Italian artists involved in architecture, indoor fresco decoration, and scenography (stage design) for the court theaters. He ...

(1668–1751) * Giovanni Maria Quaglio the Elder (1700–1765) *

Domenico Quaglio the Elder Domenico Quaglio the Elder (1723–1760) was an Italian painter. He was part of the large Quaglio pedigree of Italian artists involved in architecture, indoor fresco decoration, and scenography (stage design) for the court theatres. He was born in ...

(1708–1773) * Lorenzo Quaglio the Elder (1730–1804) *

Giuseppe Quaglio Giuseppe Quaglio (2 December 1747 – 23 January 1828) was an Italian painter and stage designer, active in scene painting in Mannheim, Frankfurt, and Ludwigsburg. Born in the town of Laino, between Lake Como and Lake Lugano, Giuseppe is pa ...

(1747–1828) *

Giulio Quaglio III Giulio Quaglio III (1764 in 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: ...

(1764–1801) *

Giovanni Maria Quaglio the Younger Giovanni Maria Quaglio the Younger (1772–1813) was an Italian architect, painter, and stage designers active in Munich, member of the large Quaglio pedigree. He was born at Laino. He studied at Rome, Naples, Milan, and Venice Venice ( ; ; ...

(1772–1803) *

Angelo Quaglio the Elder Angelo Quaglio (1778–1815) was an architect, scenic designer, and painter born into the Quaglio family of artists. He was the eldest son of Giuseppe Quaglio. He designed and painted landscapes and architectural pictures for Boisserée's work on ...

(1778–1815) *

Domenico Quaglio the Younger Domenico Quaglio the Younger (1 January 1787 – 9 April 1837) was a German painter, engraver, stage designer, and architect. He was the second son of Giuseppe Quaglio and part of the large Quaglio pedigree of Italian artists involved in arc ...

(1787–1837) *

Lorenzo Quaglio the Younger Lorenzo Quaglio the Younger (19 December 1793, Munich – 15 March 1869) was a genre paintings, genre painter and lithographer, born in Munich in the Electorate of Bavaria to the long Italian people, Italian pedigree of Quaglios. Life Quaglio stud ...

(1793–1869) *

Simon Quaglio Simon Quaglio (1795-1878) was a German stage designer of Italian extraction. He worked mainly in Munich, and was among the first designers to use built scenery instead of Flat (theatre), painted flats. He designed over 100 productions during hi ...

(1795–1878) *

Angelo Quaglio the Younger Angelo Quaglio the younger (13 December 1829, Munich - 5 January 1890, Munich) was a German stage designer of Italian descent. He worked mainly in Munich, and assisted Richard Wagner in the premieres of a number of his works. Angelo was part of ...

(1829–1890) *

Franz Quaglio Franz Quaglio (22 April 1844, in Munich – 19 February 1920, in Wasserburg am Inn) was a German painter from a branch of the Quaglio painting family that had settled in Munich during the 18th Century. Life He was the son of the painter Simo ...

(1844–1920) * Eugen Quaglio (1857–1942)

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