Teodoro Matteini (Pistoia, 1753 - Venice, 1831) was an Italian painter, mainly of historical and religious subjects in a Neoclassical style.
His father, Ippolito Matteini, born 1720, was a decorative painter and was the teacher of the design in the public schools of Pistoia.
Under the patronage of, he moved to Rome to work in the studio of Domenico Corvi, and later worked with Anton Raphael Mengs, until he could establish his own studio.
He is best known for his many pupils, including Giovanni Andrea Darif of Udine, Bartolomeo Ferracina of Bassano, Giovanni Busato of Vicenza, Murari of Florence, Sebastiano Santi of Murano, Francesco Hayez and Cosroe Dusi of Venice, Giovanni De Min of Belluno, Michele Fanolli of Cittadella, Lodovico Lipparini of Bologna, and Girolamo Michelangelo Grigoletti.
[2] Among his masterworks are a painting of Angelica and Medoro, of which Raphael Morghen made a reproductive print.