Antonio Ciseri (25 October 1821 – 8 March 1891) was a

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painter of religious subjects.

Biography

He was born in Ronco sopra Ascona, Switzerland. He went to

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in 1833 to study drawing with Ernesto Bonaiuti. Within a year, by 1834 he was a pupil of Niccola and

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at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence; he was later taught by

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.Ciseri, Spalleti, & Sisi 1991, p. 164. Ciseri's religious paintings are

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esque in their compositional outlines and their polished surfaces, but are nearly photographic in effect. He fulfilled many important commissions from churches in Italy and Switzerland. Ciseri also painted a significant number of

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. He died in Florence on 8 March 1891. Among his other pupils were the painters Oreste Costa, Giuseppe Guzzardi,

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, Andrea Landini, Raffaello Sorbi,

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, and

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Gallery

File:Ciseri, Antonio - Die büssende Magdalena - 1864.jpg, ''Penitent Magdalen'', 1864 File:The Entombment by Antonio Ciseri.jpg, ''The Transport of Christ to the Sepulcher'',
1864–1870 File:Ecce homo by Antonio Ciseri (1).jpg, ''Ecce Homo'', 1871

Notes

References

* Ciseri, A., Spalletti, E., & Sisi, C. (1991). ''Omaggio ad Antonio Ciseri, 1821-1891: dipinti e disegni delle gallerie fiorentine'' : Firenze, Galleria d'arte moderna di Palazzo Pitti, 28 settembre-31 dicembre 1991. Firenze: Centro Di. (Italian language) *
Art Gallery of Hamilton
1821 births 1891 deaths People from Ticino 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze alumni 19th-century Italian male artists Catholic painters {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub