Francesco Giuseppe Casanova (1727–1803) was an Italian

Italy

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 painter and a younger brother of Giacomo Casanova

Giacomo Casanova

Giacomo Girolamo Casanova de Seingalt was an Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice. His autobiography, Histoire de ma vie , is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century...

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Born in London

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, he trained in Venice

Venice

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 under Francesco Guardi

Francesco Guardi

Francesco Lazzaro Guardi was a Venetian painter of veduta, a member of the Venetian School. He is considered to be among the last practitioners, along with his brothers, of the classic Venetian school of painting....

, then was a pupil of Francesco Simonini

Francesco Simonini

Francesco Simonini was an Italian painter.-Biography:Born in Parma, Simonini was trained at the school of Francesco Monti under the guidance of his fellow pupil Ilario Spolverini...

, a battle painter who took Borgognone

Jacques Courtois

Jacques Courtois was a French painter.-Biography:He was born at Saint-Hippolyte, near Besançon. His father was a painter, and with him Jacques remained studying up to the age of fifteen...

 as his model. Besides battle-pieces Casanova painted landscapes with figures and cattle, as well as pastoral subjects. He arrived in Paris

Paris

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 in 1751, and went to Dresden

Dresden

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 in the following year, where he remained until 1757, spending his time in copying the finest battle-pieces of the famous Electoral Gallery. On his return to Paris

Paris

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 he studied for a time under Charles Parrocel

Charles Parrocel

Charles Parrocel was a French painter and engraver and a specialist in battle and hunt paintings.Parrocel was born in Paris, and studied under his father, Joseph Parrocel, until his death. Parrocel then became a pupil along with Bon Boullogne of Charles de La Fosse...

, and was received into the Academy in 1763. He exhibited at the Salon at intervals from that year till 1783, when he again quit France, going to Vienna

Vienna

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, where he resided during the remainder of his life. Philip James de Loutherbourg

Philip James de Loutherbourg

Philip James de Loutherbourg, also seen as Philippe-Jacques and Philipp Jakob and with the appellation the Younger was an English artist of German origin who became known for his elaborate set designs for London theatres.-Early life:He was born in Strasbourg, where his father, the representative...

 was his pupil for a time.

The following are some of his principal paintings :

• 1. Cavalry Engagement; Dulwich Gallery.
  2. Wanderers near a river Lille Museum.
  3. Two Landscapes; Paris. Louvre.
  4. Battle of Freibourg. 1771.
  5. Battle of Lens. 1771.
  6. Landscape with animals.
  7. A Cavalier galloping. Hermitage in St. Petersburg.
  8. A Cow.
  9. A Cavalier and other soldiers. Vienna
     Vienna
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     . Belvedere.
  10. Cavalry Engagement.

We have the following etchings, executed by him :

• 1. The Russian Drummer on horseback.
  2. The Three Cuirassiers.
  3. The Standard.
  4. A Cavalry Skirmish.
  5. The Ass and the Banner.
  6. The Painter's Dinner.