Giovanni Pessina

Giovanni Pessina (Bergamo, 1836 - 1904) was an Italian painter, described in contemporary documents as a painter of prospettiva (perspective) and an internista, he specialized in vedute of interiors in a precise, realist style.

He studied at the Brera Academy and was a pupil of Luigi Bisi. In 1872 at Milan, he exhibited canvas depicting Choir of the church of the Monastero Maggiore in Milan, and interior of Sacristy of the church of San Vittore al Corso. At the Esposizione of Fine Arts at Turin, in 1880, he displayed the interior of the Abby of Chiaravalle. The Galleria d'Arte Moderna of Milan has two painting of Pessina: Interno del Duomo di Milano (1862) and Interno della sagrestia di San Vittore Grande a Milano (1865). A painting of the September 4, 1864, ceremony awarding honorary membership in the Pio Istituto Tipografico of Milan to Alessandro Manzoni, was located in said institute.