Pietro Labruzzi [SEP] place of death
Pietro Labruzzi
Pietro Labruzzi (1739–1805) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassical period, active in Rome and Poland. He is best known for his altarpieces and portraits.
He was born and died in Rome. Pietro was recruited as a painter for the court of Stanislaus Augustus, King of Poland. Among his works is an altarpiece of the Chapel of the Madonna for the church of Gesù e Maria in Rome.
His younger brother Carlo Labruzzi was a respected landscape painter in Rome. His son, Tommasso Pietro
The collection of the museum was at first intended only to illustrate and document the past. Thanks to numerous bequests, donations and acquisitions – among them a collection of some 5000 drawings, engravings and old illustrated books belonging to Antonio Muñoz – the holdings of the museum now include many works of art, and it has become primarily an art museum. Artists represented include Pompeo Batoni, Giuseppe Bottani, Ippolito Caffi, Antonio Canova, Giuseppe Ceracchi, Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari, Lievin Cruyl, Felice Giani, Pietro Labruzzi, Francesco Mochi