Giuseppe Errante

Who was Giuseppe Errante?

Giuseppe Errante was an Italian painter.

He was born at Trapani, Sicily. A local priest obtained for him an apprenticeship in the studio of a local sculptor, named Domenico Nolfo. in 1760, studied at Palermo under Gioacchino Martorana. By 1784, he had moved to Rome with the support of Antonio Canova. By 1791, he was employed in the Caserta Palace, Naples. In Naples, he met Jacob Philipp Hackert. On account of his political intrigues, he was obliged to flee Naples.

After a number of travails, he arrived in Milan in 1795, and afterwards established himself at Rome in 1810. Besides historical subjects, he painted portraits, in which he was especially successful. He died at Rome in 1821.

Francesco Cancellieri wrote a posthumous biography of the painter in 1824. Among his pupils in Rome was Giuseppe Gandolfo.