Nicola Contestabili
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Nicola or Niccolò Contestabili (1759–1824) was an Italian painter, mainly depicting history and landscapes in a Neoclassic style.[1][2]
Biography
His father Antonio Contestabili was a landscape and quadratura painter. Born in Pontremoli, Nicola moved to Florence in 1778 to study under Francesco Zuccarelli. Nicola also painted the sipario or theater curtain for the Persio Flacco Theater in Volterra. He returned to live in Pontremoli from 1786 to 1802, when he returned to Florence.[3] In Pontremoli, he painted scenes of Niobe and Aurora for the Casa Gramoli. He also painted in Casa Martelli.[4] He died in Florence.
References
- ^ Garollo, Gottardo (1907). Ulrico Hoepli (ed.). Dizionario biografico universale. Editore Libraio della Real Casa, Milan. p. 567.
- ^ La pittura di paesaggio in Italia. Il Settecento by Carlo Sisi, Electa, 2005, page 162.
- ^ Encyclopedia Treccani, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 28 (1983), entry by Silvia Meloni Trkulja.
- ^ Archivio Storico per le Provincie Parmensi, Volumes 3-4, Entry by Camillo Cimatti, Presso La Reale Deputazione di Storia Patria, Parma (1807) page 153.
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