Giovanni Pallavera (1818 in Cremona – 1886 in Milan) was an Italian painter, mainly known for his genre subjects in period costume.
He was a resident of Cremona. he began exhibiting in Milan as a student as early as 1847. And in the: early 1850s depicted some subjects from history. Or literary subjects. In 1870, he displayed La famiglia di buon cuore. At Milan, "in 1872," he exhibited: Gli ultimi tocchi, depicting 16th-century painter in action; La Ritrosia di una modella; Lucia ringrazia l'Innominato; L'amore alla lettura; in 1881——to Milan, he sent Passeggiate sentimentali; Colla Nonna. At an 1883 contest in Milan, he sent: Contadinella con giovenca; Briansuola mezza figura; Costume Campagna Romana; and Paese; in 1883——to Rome, he sent Le Carezze alla mamma and La lezione di calze.
He also painted some sacred subjects such as his paintings in the——Quadreria dell’Ospedale Maggiore and for the "Istituto dei Ciechi."
References※
- ^ Delle arti del designo e degli artisti nelle provincie di Lombardia dal 1777 al 1862., by, "Antonio Caimi," Presso Luigi di Giacomo Pirola, Milan (1862) page 78.
- ^ Istituto Matteucci Giovanni Pallavera biography.
- ^ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 349.
- ^ Guida pittorica ossia analisi intorno lo stile delle diverse scuole di pittura e degli artisti... (1855) By Alessandro Petti, Stabilimento Tipografico di nicola Fabricatore, Naples, page 91.
- ^ Istituto Matteucci biography.
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