Biagio Martini (5 February 1761 – 26 August 1840) was an Italian painter, active mainly in

Parma Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, music, art, prosciutto (ham), cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 inhabitants, Parma is the second mos ...

in a Neoclassical style. Biagio Martini

Biography

Biagio Epaminonda Maria Martini was born at

, to the same family as the engraver Pietro Antonio Martini. Biagio was a pupil at the

Parmesan Academy of Fine Arts The Accademia di Belle Arti di Parma (Academy of Fine Arts of Parma) is an artistic institution in the city of Parma, Italy. It is presently located in a wing of the Palazzo della Pilotta in the center of the city. History The Academy originated ...

under Gaetano Callani and Pietro Melchiorre Ferrari. He became a professor at the academy. At the academy, he is said to have taught design to

Paolo Toschi Paolo Toschi (1788 – 30 July 1854) was an Italian draughtsman and engraver. He was born in Parma. Biography He trained in Paris under Charles Clément Balvay (Bervic), and first made a reputation by a fine etching of ''Henry IV'', after Gé ...

. He married Costanza, who was also a painter and the daughter of Giuseppe Baldrighi. Giuseppe, who died in 1803, was court painter in Parma for the Bourbon Duke. Among his works are a juvenile ''Diogenes'' in the Ducal collections, and a ''Death of Socrates'' which won a prize at the academy in 1791. He painted a ''Deposition'' for the Church of the Cappuccini in Parma. He also painted a ''Saints Gervaso and Protaso'', and a ''Meeting of Pope Paul III with Emperor Charles V''. He was awarded knighthood in the Ordine Costantiniano di San Giorgio by the Parmesan court.Dizionario biografico dei Parmigiani illustri o benemeriti nelle scienze, nelle lettere, e nelle arti
by Giovanni Battista Janelli, Genoa, 1877, pages 242.

References

1787 births 1852 deaths 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Parma Italian neoclassical painters 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub