Teodoro Matteini (

Pistoia Pistoia (, is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of a province of the same name, located about west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno. It is a t ...

, 1753 -

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, 1831) was an Italian painter, mainly of historical and religious subjects in a Neoclassical style.

Biography

His father, Ippolito Matteini, born 1720, was a decorative painter and was the teacher of the design in the public schools of Pistoia. He was Tedoro's first influence. Under the patronage of, he moved to Rome to work in the studio of Domenico Corvi, and later worked with

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, until he could establish his own studio. He painted in Rome for

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. He was active in Bergamo, Milan, and Venice. In 1802 at Venice, he was elected professor of painting at the

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, and in 1804, or design and in 1807 became professor in the new Academy. Matteini was able to restore to the Academy a large collection of stucco and terracotta models collected by the abate

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. He is best known for his many pupils, including

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of Udine, Bartolomeo Ferracina of Bassano,

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of Vicenza, Murari of Florence, Sebastiano Santi of Murano,

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and Cosroe Dusi of Venice, Giovanni De Min of Belluno,

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of Cittadella, and

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of Bologna. Among his masterworks are a painting of ''

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'', of which

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made a reproductive print.''Della letteratura veneziana: del secolo XIX''
by Count Filippo Maria Nani-Mocenigo, page 197.

References

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