Giuseppe Peroni

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Giuseppe Peroni (c. 1700 -1776) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.

He was born in Parma, but studied in Bologna as an apprentice of the painter Felice Torelli and Donato Creti, then moved to Rome to work with Agostino Masucci. He painted in the pre-eminent style of his time, the grand manner of Carlo Maratta. He painted a St. Camillo de Lellis for the church of Santa Maria della Visitazione (Chiesa della Madonnina) in Ferrara. He painted a Marriage of the Virgin for the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Popolo in Pontremoli. He painted frescoes for the church of San Vitale in Parma. He also painted frescoes in the Savoy castle of Casotto in Garessio^[1].

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• Hobbes, James R. (1849). Picture collector's manual adapted to the professional man, and the amateur. T&W Boone, 29 Bond Street; Digitized by Googlebooks, page 68.