Pietro Scalvini (1718–1792) was an Italian painter of the late- Baroque and Neoclassic period, active in

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. He was inspired by

Tiepolo Giovanni Battista Tiepolo ( , ; March 5, 1696 – March 27, 1770), also known as Giambattista (or Gianbattista) Tiepolo, was an Italian painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice who painted in the Rococo style, considered an import ...

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Sant'Apollonia Altarpiece Sant'Apollonia Altarpiece is a 1761 oil on canvas painting by Pietro Scalvini, still on its original site on a side altar in the church of San Giuseppe in Brescia. Its central figures are Saint Apollonia adoring the Madonna and Child, with Cathe ...

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Gallery

File:Pala di sant'apollonia (pietro scalvini).jpg, ''Altarpiece with Madonna and Child and Saints'' File:San luigi gonzaga adora il crocifisso (pietro scalvini).jpg, ''Saint Aloysius de Gonzaga Adores the Cross'' File:Scalvini Nuvolera.jpg, Apotheosis of San Lorenzo Martire, central dome, 1786, Church of San Lorenzo Martire,

Nuvolera Nuvolera (Brescian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Brescia The Province of Brescia ( it, provincia di Brescia; Brescian: ) is a Province in the Lombardy administrative region of northern Italy. It has a population of some 1,265 ...

. File:Nuvolera, cupola dello Scalvini.jpg, Apoteosi di San Lorenzo Martire File:Chiesa San Lorenzo Nuvolera.jpg, Parish Church of San Lorenzo Martire, frescos by Pietro Scalvini.

References

1718 births 1792 deaths 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Brescia 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub