Amos Cassioli

Amos Cassioli studied at French Academy in Rome. Training under Luigi Mussini is recorded. The recorded working language is Italian. The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are history, religious and portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Rome and Florence. Works named in the authority record are The battle of Legnano. Work by Amos Cassioli is recorded in the collections of Bavarian State Painting Collections, Museo Cassioli, National Museum of Medieval and Modern Art, Arezzo, Galleria d'arte moderna and Pinacoteca Comunale "A.

• Illustration — The Oath of Pontida forming the Lombard League Cassioli was born in Asciano. After studying at the Sienese Academy of Fine Arts under Luigi Mussini, a stipend from Grand Duke Ferdinand IV of Tuscany enabled him and Angelo Visconti to study in Rome. At the end of 1860 he established himself in Florence which, although he maintained his links with Siena, became his permanent home. • Illustration — Battaglia di Legnano (Battle of Legnano) (detail) (1860–1870) Regarded as an excellent portraitist, Cassioli is also noted for his large-scale history paintings which include the Battle of Legnano (1860–1870, Florence, Galleria di arte moderna, Palazzo Pitti) and Il giuramento di Pontida (1884, Siena, Palazzo Pubblico). Between 1884 and 1886 he executed frescoes in the Sala del Risorgimento of the Palazzo Pubblico depicting the battles of San Martino and Palestro. He also painted and altarpiece for the Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta in Casole d'Elsa, where he worked alongside Antonio Ridolfi. He was known also for paintings on classical subjects; many of these, following a 1991 bequest, are conserved in the Museo Cassioli of his native town Asciano. A self-portrait is found in the museum. Cassioli was a mentor to his son Giuseppe Cassioli, a painter and sculptor. Other pupils were Napoleone Boni and Ada Mangilli. He died in Florence in 1891.

Amos Cassioli is recorded as painter and designer.