Giovanni Battista Brambilla (active 1770) was an Italian painter.
He was a native of Piedmont. He was a pupil of Carlo Delfino. He painted for churches in Turin, including a Martyrdom of St. Dalmazio for the church dedicated to that saint. He also painted altarpieces for churches in Villafranca. The Equestrian Portrait of Carlo Emanuele II, Duke of Savoy and of Vittorio Amedeo II, Prince of Piedmont (c. 1675) are on exhibit at the Palazzo Madama of Turin. [1]
Filippo Juvarra was an Italian architect, scenographer, engraver and goldsmith. He was active in a late-Baroque architecture style, working primarily in Italy, Spain, and Portugal.
The Residences of the Royal House of Savoy are a group of buildings in Turin and the Metropolitan City of Turin, in Piedmont. It was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list in 1997.
Giacomo Antonio Melchiorre Ceruti was an Italian late Baroque painter, active in Northern Italy in Milan, Brescia, and Venice. He acquired the nickname Pitocchetto for his many paintings of peasants dressed in rags.
Palazzo Madama e Casaforte degli Acaja is a palace in Turin, Piedmont. It was the first Senate of the Kingdom of Italy, and takes its traditional name from the embellishments it received under two queens (madama) of the House of Savoy.
Carlo Cognengo di Castellamonte (1560–1641) was an Italian architect, civil and military engineer, one of the main exponents of Piedmontese Baroque.
Francesco Cairo, also known as Francesco del Cairo, was an Italian Baroque painter active in Lombardy and Piedmont.
Giacomo Boni was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Genoa.
Giuseppe Pedretti was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period, active mainly in Bologna.
Giovanni Felice Ramelli (1666–1740) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Rome. He also became an abbot of the Augustinian order of Canons Regular of the Lateran.
Giovanni Battista Biscarra or Jean-Baptiste Biscarra was an Italian painter, sculptor and lithographer. He principally painted historical and religious subjects and royal portraits.
Claudio Francesco Beaumont was an Italian painter, active in a late baroque-style mostly in the Piedmont region.
The Palazzo Chiablese is a wing of the Royal Palace of Turin, in Northwest Italy.
Francesco Podesti was an Italian painter, active in a Romantic style. Together with Francesco Hayez and Giuseppe Bezzuoli, he is considered one of the greatest Italian painters of the first half of the 19th century. He was prolific in his large canvases on historical subjects. He is best known for his fresco work, including those in the Hall of the Immacolata in the Vatican Museum.
Pietro Ayres was an Italian painter, mostly of portraits in the Piedmont.
Rodolfo Morgari was an Italian painter, primarily of genre and historical scenes.
Carlo Orsi was an Italian painter and sculptor.
Giovanni Battista Crosato was an Italian painter of quadratura, active in the 18th century in Piedmont.
Piazza Castello is a prominent city square in Turin, Italy. It houses several city landmarks, museums, theaters and cafes.
Domenico Guidobono (1668-1746) was an Italian painter of easel paintings and frescoes, who together with his brother Bartolomeo Guidobono was one of the principal decorative painters active in Liguria and Piedmont in the late 17th and first half of the 18th century.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Turin: