Antonio Peresinotti

Antonio Giovanni Battisto Peresinotti (Russian:Антонио Перезинотти; 1708, Bologna - 28 October 1778, Saint Petersburg) was an Italian-born Russian painter and academician who taught decorative art and perspective at the Imperial Academy of Arts.

Bon and his new wife Rosa (a comic opera singer) went to Saint Petersburg in 1735, where he had been offered work as a scenic designer.

In 1742, Bon invited two of his former students, Peresinotti and Giuseppe Valeriani to join him there.

Peresinotti eventually advanced from being a theater painter to working for the Imperial court.

Only two stand-alone paintings are known, both landscapes with ruins, on display at the academy's museum.