Giuseppe Appiani (1740 or 1754–1812) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassic periods. He was born in

Vaprio d'Adda Vaprio d'Adda (Milanese: ; Bergamasque: ; locally ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, about northeast of Milan. Vaprio d'Adda borders the following municipalities: Trezzo sull'Adda ...

, near

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard language, Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the List of cities in Italy, second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 ...

, where he was mainly active. His parents moved to

Monza Monza (, ; lmo, label= Lombard, Monça, locally ; lat, Modoetia) is a city and ''comune'' on the River Lambro, a tributary of the Po in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan. It is the capital of the Province of M ...

, where his first mentor was the painter Giovanni Maria Gariboldi. At age 21, he moved to Milan, where he worked in the studios of Giorgi, and later

Giuliano Traballesi Giulio or Giuliano Traballesi or Trabellesi (1727–1812) was an Italian designer and engraver. Biography He was born in Florence. After training with Agostino Veracini and Francesco Conti in Florence, Trabellesi studied architecture under Anto ...

. He was active in restoration of paintings. Another painter, Giuseppe Appiani (Porto, c. 1700-Triefenstein, c. 1785), was active in Germany.

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. 1740 births 1812 deaths 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 19th-century Italian painters Painters from Milan Italian neoclassical painters 19th-century Italian male artists 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub