Ferdinando Cavalleri
Ferdinando Cavalleri (1794–1867) was an Italian painter, specializing in history subjects and portrait, active in a Neoclassical-style.
Life
He was born at Turin, and studied art at Rome. He was in later life a professor at the Academy of St. Luke in Rome.
Works
His works include:
- Beatrice Cenci ascending the Scaffold.
- The Burning of Old St Paul's.
- The Death of Leonardo da Vinci.
- Prince Eugene, after the Battle of Peterwardein.
- Self-Portrait (in the Uffizi, Florence).
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References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Cavalleri, Ferdinando". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
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