Cesare Mauro Trebbi 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 fresco

Fresco

Fresco is any of several related mural painting types, executed on plaster on walls or ceilings. The word fresco comes from the Greek word affresca which derives from the Latin word for "fresh". Frescoes first developed in the ancient world and continued to be popular through the Renaissance...

es are to be found in many churches in Emilia-Romagna

Emilia-Romagna

Emilia–Romagna is an administrative region of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of and about 4.4 million inhabitants....

. He was born and died in Bologna

Bologna

Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...

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Selected works

• Bologna Cathedral
  Bologna Cathedral
  Bologna Cathedral , dedicated to Saint Peter, is the cathedral of Bologna in Italy, and the seat and the metropolitan cathedral of the Archbishop of Bologna...
  
  : paintings inside the cupola of Saint Anne
  Saint Anne
  Saint Hanna of David's house and line, was the mother of the Virgin Mary and grandmother of Jesus Christ according to Christian and Islamic tradition. English Anne is derived from Greek rendering of her Hebrew name Hannah...
  
   in Glory
• Church of Saints Simon and Jude in Rubizzano, a frazione of San Pietro in Casale
  San Pietro in Casale
  San Pietro in Casale is a municipality of 11,288 inhabitants of province of Bologna, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.It is situated 24 km north from Bologna, and 24 km southwest from Ferrara. San Pietro is on the main rail line from Bologna to Padua and Venice.The name San Pietro in Casale...
  
  , has canvases by Trebbi and by Alessandro Guardassoni
• Church of San Pietro in Castello d'Argile
  Castello d'Argile
  Castello d'Argile is a comune in the Province of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 20 km north of Bologna....
  
  : figures inside the cupola, in collaboration with the painter Antonio Mosca and the decorator Francesco Fabbri
• Church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Galliera
  Galliera
  Galliera is a comune in the Province of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 30 km north of Bologna....
  
  : the decorations of the nave
  Nave
  In Romanesque and Gothic Christian abbey, cathedral basilica and church architecture, the nave is the central approach to the high altar, the main body of the church. "Nave" was probably suggested by the keel shape of its vaulting...
  
   are by Trebbi in collaboration with the church decorator Pompeo Fortini