Mario Spinetti

Mario Spinetti (1848–1925)[1] was an Italian painter, whose works depict mythologic, Neo-Pompeian, and sacred subjects. He was born and resident in Rome. Among his works: a half-figure, Lidia, in 1881 in Milan. At the 1883 Exposition of Fine Arts in Rome, he exhibited a painting titled: Virginibus puerisque canto. In 1884 in Turin, he exhibited: Marriage in the 16th century. In 1887, in Venice, he exhibited: Una poetesa.[2] In 1899, he painted frescoes of Sain Zaccaria, John the Baptist, and Elisabeth and Faith and Charity in the apse of the church of San Giovanni Battista dei Genovesi in Rome.[3]

References
  1. The Istituto Matteucci cites dates of 1859-1918 for a painter of the same general biography
  2. ‘‘Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.’’, by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 493.
  3. Description of artworks in San Giovanni Battista de' Genovesi, Rome.



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