Bologna 1712-St Petersburg 1784 was an Italian painter. He was born in Bologna. He studied first under his father, Felice Torelli, and then under Francesco Solimena. The future King of Poland, Augustus III, brought him to Dresden in 1740, where he painted altar-pieces and ceiling decorations, many destroyed in the Seven Years' War. He painted figures in Canaletto's twenty-nine views of Dresden (1741). In 1762 he was summoned to the Russian court where he painted ceilings in the Royal Palace, and some portraits, among the latter one of the Empress Elizabeth in armor. He was a clever caricaturist, and etched a few plates. He died in St. Petersburg.   Related Paintings of Stefano Torelli :. | Glass, Silver Goblet and Cup of Champagne | Young Girls at the Seaside | Resting (mk23) | The Port of Hamburg | Walnut and apple trees |
Related Artists:
Christian Gottlieb Schick
painted Porträt Frau von Cotta in 1802
Heinrich Eduard Linde-Walther
1868-1939
JACOBELLO DEL FIORE
Italian Early Renaissance Painter, 1370-1439