Cesare Mauro Trebbi

Italian painter
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Quick Facts

IntroItalian painter
PlacesItaly
wasLithographer Painter
Work fieldArts Science
Gender
Male
BirthJune 1847, Bologna, Province of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Death1931Bologna, Province of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (aged 83 years)
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Biography

Cesare Mauro Trebbi (1847–1931), also known as Mauro Cesare Trebbi, was an Italian painter and lithographer best known for his historico-religious set pieces and especially valued for his figure painting. He worked principally on large-scale public compositions for religious buildings. His frescoes are to be found in many churches in Emilia-Romagna. He was born and died in Bologna.

Selected works

  • Bologna Cathedral: paintings inside the cupola of Saint Anne in Glory
  • Church of Saints Simon and Jude in Rubizzano, a frazione of San Pietro in Casale, has canvases by Trebbi and by Alessandro Guardassoni
  • Church of San Pietro in Castello d'Argile: figures inside the cupola, in collaboration with the painter Antonio Mosca and the decorator Francesco Fabbri
  • Church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Galliera: the decorations of the nave are by Trebbi in collaboration with the church decorator Pompeo Fortini
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