Vincenzo Petrocelli

Vincenzo Petrocelli (6 July 1823 – 2 February 1896)[1] was a Neapolitan artist. Petrocelli was born in Cervaro in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (now in Lazio). He studied under Domenico Morelli, and was active as a painter from about 1850.[1] He was principally a history painter, but also painted portraits and genre scenes.[1] His sons Achille and Arturo were both painters. Petrocelli died in Naples.[1] Vincenzo Gemito made a terracotta bust of him in 1869.[2]

Vincenzo Petrocelli
Born	Vincenzo Pasquale Angelo Petrocelli 6 July 1823 Cervaro, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Died	2 February 1896 Naples, Italy
Nationality	Neapolitan
Known for	historical themes

Portrait of Nikolay Borisovich Yusupov, circa 1850

Мuseum

• Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg,[3].

References

1. Petrocelli, Vincenzo Pasquale Angelo. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Art Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Accessed January 2016. (subscription required)
2. Emanuela Bianchi (2000). Gemito, Vincenzo (in Italian). Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, volume 53. Roma: Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana. Accessed January 2016.
3. Vincenzo Petrocelli, Museo Ermitage, . Portrait of Young Duke N.B. Yusupovа, 1851, Italy, 64,5х47,5 см., Entered the Hermitage in 1946; transferred from the Museum of the Ethnography of the Peoples of the USSR