Cesare Mauro Trebbi Explained

Cesare Mauro Trebbi
Birth Date:	1847
Birth Place:	Bologna, Italy
Death Date:	1931
Death Place:	Bologna, Italy
Nationality:	Italian
Known For:	Painting, especially in churches; lithographs

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^[1] ^[2]
Church of Saints Simon and Jude in Rubizzano, a frazione of San Pietro in Casale, has canvases by Trebbi and by Alessandro Guardassoni^[3]
Church of San Pietro in Castello d'Argile: figures inside the cupola, in collaboration with the painter Antonio Mosca and the decorator Francesco Fabbri^[4]
Church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Galliera: the decorations of the nave are by Trebbi in collaboration with the church decorator Pompeo Fortini^[5]

Notes and References

Fonte: Guida di Bologna by C. Ricci (5th edn), ed. N. Zanichelli, Bologna, p. 176
http://www.trivago.it/bologna-45358/chiesacattedralemonastero/cattedrale-di-san-pietro-807976 Bologna Cathedral
https://archive.today/20120730152534/http://www.comune.san-pietro-in-casale.bo.it/frazioni.htm Rubizzano di San Pietro in Casale: parish church of Saints Simon and Jude
http://www.argile.provincia.bologna.it/Main/Main.asp?doc=15578 Parish church of Castello d'Argile
Web site: Parish church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Galliera . 2010-08-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041111102152/http://www.bologna.chiesacattolica.it/bo7/2003/2003_09_07/testi/44.html . 2004-11-11 . dead .