Giuseppe Cades

Giuseppe Cades (March 4, 1750 – December 8, 1799) was a neo-classicist Italian draftsman, painter, engraver and sculptor, based in Rome. As both a draftsman known for his drawings and a painter, Cades worked in many media, including pencil, coloured chalks, watercolour, tempera with wax on canvas and oil paint on canvas. Achille, jouant de la lyre sous sa tente avec Patrocle, est surpris par Ulysse et Nestor.

Biography Cades was born in Rome. He studied at the Accademia di San Luca under Mancini and Domenico Corvi,

In 1766, after quarreling with his master,

Cades again joined the Accademia di San Luca of Rome, now as a fellow, in 1786.