Giacomo Triga


Giacomo Triga was an Italian painter, active in Rome, as a painter of religious subjects.
He was born and died in Rome, and trained under Benedetto Luti. He was a member of the Accademia di San Luca and the congregation of the Virtuosi del Pantheon. One of his pupils was Pietro Bianchi, named Il Creatura. He painted a fresco depicting the Glory of San Nicola for the church of San Nicola ai Prefetti in Rome. The work was commissioned circa 1729-1730 by his patron, the cardinal Gerolamo Theodoli.