# TERRENI, Giuseppe Maria [View the canonical artist record]() ## Artist - Lifespan: 1739–1811 - Profession: painter - School: Italian ## Biography Italian painter and printmaker. He was particularly active in his hometown where he painted many frescoes which were destroyed in World War II. In 1766 he was introduced to the grand ducal court in Florence, and later painted a room in the Palazzo Pitti. In 1773-78 he painted frescoes in the Medici Villa Poggio Imperiale. Between 1783 and 1785, he executed panoramic views of Livorno and its port in which the influence of Giuseppe Zocchi and Jakob Philipp Hackert can be seen. Terreni used also watercolour and engraving to realize portraits. ## Related artworks - [View of the Sala delle Opere e dei Giorni]() - [View of the Sala delle Quattro Stagioni]() - [Wall painting: Nobleman in Front of a Tavern]() - [Wall painting: Shepherd Idyll]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()