Scipione Vannutelli
Scipione Vannutelli (November 1831 in Genazzano, Papal States – 1894 in Rome, Kingdom of Italy) was an Italian painter, active in a Romantic style. • Illustration — Mary Stuart walks to the Scaffold (Winner at Florentine Exposition of 1861 His father was opposed to his study of art, but ultimately found a position as a pupil of Tommaso Minardi, then of the Viennese painter, Karl Wursinger, and later studied in Paris. He was successful in the Parisian Salon exhibition of 1864 when he gained the praise of art historian Léon Lagrange. He continued to paint mainly historical subjects depicting, for example Fra Girolamo Savonarola, Mary Stuart at the Scaffold (Pitti Palace, Florence), and the Funeral of Juliet (1888, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome).
Scipione Vannutelli
William Luson Thomas (died 1900) After Scipione Vannutelli · Public domain
- Born
- 1834 · Genazzano.
- Died
- 1894 · Rome.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Italy
- Occupation
- engraver · painter · artist
- Fields
- portrait · genre art · landscape · history · figure
- Teachers
- Tommaso Minardi · Carl Wurzinger
- Languages
- Italian
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Scipione Vannutelli (November 1831 in Genazzano, Papal States – 1894 in Rome, Kingdom of Italy) was an Italian painter, active in a Romantic style. • Illustration — Mary Stuart walks to the Scaffold (Winner at Florentine Exposition of 1861 His father was opposed to his study of art, but ultimately found a position as a pupil of Tommaso Minardi, then of the Viennese painter, Karl Wursinger, and later studied in Paris. He was successful in the Parisian Salon exhibition of 1864 when he gained the praise of art historian Léon Lagrange. He continued to paint mainly historical subjects depicting, for example Fra Girolamo Savonarola, Mary Stuart at the Scaffold (Pitti Palace, Florence), and the Funeral of Juliet (1888, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome).
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Born at Genazzano in 1834, died in Rome in 1894.
Training under Tommaso Minardi and Carl Wurzinger is recorded. The recorded working language is Italian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait, genre art, landscape and history. Places of work recorded in the authority are France, Netherlands and Spain. Work by Scipione Vannutelli is recorded in the collections of Musée d'Orsay.
Dipinto vincitore dell'Esposizione di Firenze del 1861.
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Scipione Vannutelli, Glaspalast München 1883 226
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