Faustino Trebbi

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Faustino Trebbi (Budrio, 1761 – Bologna, 1836) was an Italian architect and ornamental painter, often active in painting quadratura frescoes.[http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search?&what=Watercolors&where=Italy&who=Faustino+Trebbi&pg=1 Colored architectural drawings by Trebbi] at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

His son Raffaele learned painting from his father; while his son Mauro became a professor of Chemistry. One of his pupils was Francesco Cocchi. He helped decorate the church of the Suffragio in Bologna.[https://books.google.com/books?id=2rABAAAAQAAJ Le chiese parrocchiali della diocesi di Bologna, ritratte e descritte], by Bologna diocese, 1847, page 22. The chapel of the baptistery in San Lorenzo in Budrio was frescoed by Trebbi.[http://www.comune.budrio.bo.it/contenuti.php?t=cenni_storici&id=55&ref=1 Comune site of Budrio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023213856/http://www.comune.budrio.bo.it/contenuti.php?t=cenni_storici&id=55&ref=1 |date=2007-10-23 }}, church of San Lorenzo.

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