Giuseppe Quaglio was an Italian

Italy

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 painter and stage designer, active in scene painting in Mannheim

Mannheim

Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....

, Frankfurt

Frankfurt

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, and Ludwigsburg

Ludwigsburg

Ludwigsburg is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about north of Stuttgart city centre, near the river Neckar. It is the largest and primary city of the Ludwigsburg urban district with about 87,000 inhabitants...

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Born in the town of Laino

Laino

Laino is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about north of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 514 and an area of 6.8 km²....

, between Lake Como and Lake Lugano, Giuseppe is part of the Quaglio family of scene painters, architects, and artists. Giuseppe's sons include the scene designer Simon

Simon Quaglio

Simon Quaglio was a German stage designer of Italian extraction. He worked mainly in Munich, and was among the first designers to use built scenery instead of painted flats. He designed over 100 productions during his career. Simon was part of the Quaglio family originally from the town of...

 (1795-1878), active mainly in Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

, Angelo Quaglio the Elder

Angelo Quaglio the Elder

Angelo Quaglio was an architect, designer, and painter born into the Quaglio family of artists. He was the eldest son of Giuseppe Quaglio. He designed and painted landscapes and architectural pictures for Boisserée's work on Cologne Cathedral....

 (1784—1815), an architect and painter. He designed and painted landscapes and architectural pictures for Boisserée's work on Cologne Cathedral

Cologne Cathedral

Cologne Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in Cologne, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is renowned monument of German Catholicism and Gothic architecture and is a World Heritage Site...

, Domenico

Domenico Quaglio

Domenico Quaglio is the name of:* Domenico Quaglio the Elder , Italian painter* Domenico Quaglio the Younger , Italian painter, son of Giuseppe Quaglio...

 (1787-1837), a landscape and architectural painter, scene painter, engraver, and architect, born in Munich and died at Hohenschwangau; and Lorenzo

Lorenzo Quaglio

Lorenzo Quaglio was a German stage designer of Italian extraction. He worked mainly in Mannheim and in Munich, where he designed the first production of Idomeneo.-References:James Anderson, The Complete Dictionary of Opera and Operetta....

(1793-1869), a genre painter and lithographer.