Romoaldo Turini

Romoaldo or Romualdo Turini (1752 – 1829) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassic period, mainly active in his native Salò and Brescia, both of which were in the Republic of Venice until he was in his 40s.

Locally, Turini trained under Santo Cattaneo, and ultimately became the latter's biographer.

[1] But as a young man, he went to live with his maternal uncle, Ferdinando Bertoni, a well known musician and musical teacher in Venice.

here, he met Antonio Canova, who remained a close friend for life.

In Brescia, he was commissioned to paint some mythologic frescoes for the casa Odassi and the home of the lawyer Zuliani.