Felice Giani
Italian, 1758 - 1823
Painter and draughtsman. He was a prolific painter who, with a team of artists and craftsmen, decorated palaces and public buildings in Rome, Venice, many cities in Emilia Romagna (especially Faenza), and in France. He worked in a distinctive Neo-classical style, creating sumptuous, richly coloured rooms, the paintings, many from classical literature and history, being surrounded with a wealth of antique ornament.