Giuseppe Antonio Felice Orelli
Giuseppe Antonio Felice Orelli (born February 13, 1706 in Locarno , † around 1776 in Bergamo ) was a Swiss Baroque painter .
Life
Orelli was the son of the painter Baldassare Antonio Orelli (1669-1731) and the Annunciata Maria Teresa Tuone. Around 1720 he stayed in Milan as a guest of his grandfather Federico Tuone, who was a member of the Accademia Ambrosiana . As a result, he returned to Ticino, where he married Maria Gerolama de'Leoni in 1742. In 1751 he stayed in Milan again, but later settled in the Bergamo area. In 1768 he returned to Ticino. The workshop in Bergamo was continued by his son Vincenzo Angelo.
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As an exponent of the Lombard Baroque , Orelli , who worked in northern Italy and in the canton of Ticino , worked as a panel and fresco painter on religious, historical and mythological subjects. The first known work, a circumcision in the parish church of Arcegno, dates from 1737 . In Bergamo he created a large number of works with religious content for the churches of the city and the parish churches of the surrounding area, but also profane paintings for the houses of the Lombard aristocracy. Mention should be made of the mythological frescoes for the Palazzo Terzi in Bergamo. After 1768 he carried out local commissions, for example the judgment of Paris in the Casa Rusca in Locarno in 1773 and grisaille in the Palazzo Riva in Lugano .
His fresco Angeli musicanti , 1750–1755 can be seen in the cantonal art gallery Giovanni Züst in Rancate .
Web links
- Eliana Perotti: Orelli, Giuseppe Antonio Felice. In: Sikart
- Eliana Perotti: Giuseppe Antonio Felice Orelli. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Remarks
- ↑ also February 14, 1700.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Orelli, Giuseppe Antonio Felice |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1700 or February 13, 1706 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Locarno |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1776 |
| Place of death | Bergamo , Republic of Venice |