Giuseppe Collignon (March 2, 1778 – February 10, 1863)[1] was an Italian painter born in Castelnuovo Berardenga.
In 1800 he won a prize at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence for an oil painting of Joseph sold by his brothers.
The latter is painted with frescoes of the Chariot of the Sun obscured by Minerva and Prometheus.
[2] In 1811, he was named Academic Professor of Merit at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome.
He moved to Siena to direct its Academy of Fine Arts, but in 1840 left the position due to illness.