Giuseppe Cades
Artworks: 17
Roman Neoclassical painter and sculptor
Giuseppe Cades was an Italian sculptor, painter, and engraver. Cades was born in Rome. He studied under Mancini and Domenico Corvi, gaining a prize in 1765 with his picture of Tobias recovering his Sight. He visited Florence in 1766, and two years later executed an altar-piece for San Benedetto in Turin and in 1771 another for the church of Santi Apostoli. He also decorated the Palazzo Chigi with frescoes, landscapes, and scenes from Tasso. He has left two etchings, Christ blessing Little Children and The Death of Leonardo da Vinci. He joined the Accademia di San Luca of Rome in 1786. He died in Rome.
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Master student
- Domenico Corvi Master
Artworks by this artist (17 total)
- Portrait of the Princes Camillo and Francesco Borghese 1778
- Virgin and Child 1750[-]99
- The Education Of Achilles By Chiron
- Disputation Over The Most Holy Sacrament
- The Meeting of Gautier, Count of Antwerp, and his Daughter, Violante c. 1787
- Blessed Francis Venimbeni Celebrating Mass for souls in Purgatory 1750[-]99
- Portrait of a Cleric
- Achilles Among The Daughters Of Lycomedes
- The Virgin Immaculate with the Christ Child 1770
- Coat of Arms of the Rezzonico Family, capped by a Princely Crown and Supported by Two Winged Victories 1767[-]1779
- Jupiter, Neptune and a Titan
- Design for a Frieze with Two Women Flanking an Urn ca. 1775[-]85
- Winged Victory circa 1778
- Portrait of a Lady with an Elaborate Cartouche 1785
- The Suicide Of Ajax
- Tullia about to Ride over the Body of Her Father in Her Chariot 1770[-]1775
- The Education of Achilles by Chiron 2