Giuseppe Angeli (1709–1798) was a Venetian painter of the late Baroque period, known for his work in both religious and genre scenes. Born in Venice in 1709, Angeli trained under the prominent painter Giambattista Piazzetta. By 1741, he had joined the local guild of painters. His connection to the Academy of Fine Arts of Venice began in 1756 when he was appointed as an instructor, eventually rising to the role of President in 1772.
Angeli’s works can be found throughout Venice and the surrounding region. Notable examples include two canvases in the Church of San Stae and fresco murals at Villa Widmann-Foscari in Mira, near Padua. Among his many religious commissions are:
- Immaculate Conception with Saints (c. 1760), now in the sacristy of San Francesco della Vigna
- Two scenes from the Via Crucis in the Church of Santa Maria Zobenigo
- An altarpiece depicting St. Pietro I Orseolo receiving the monk's habit from St. Romuald in Santa Maria della Pietà
- Another Immaculate Conception with Saints in the Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari
- Ecstasy of St. Francis in the Sanctuary of the Madonna del Pilastrello in Lendinara
- Apparition of the Virgin to St. Simon Stock in Santa Maria Maddalena
He also completed decorative frescoes in the Villa Giovanelli Colonna at Noventa Padovana, a ceiling in the Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista, and works in the Palazzo Barbaro-Curtis in Venice. His genre painting Soldato con tamburo is housed in the Louvre.
Other notable works include a portrait of Federico Maria Giovannelli, Patriarch of Venice, held by the Museo Cerralbo in Madrid, and Elijah Taken Up in a Chariot of Fire, an oil painting created for San Giorgio in Alga (now part of the Samuel H. Kress Collection at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.).
