Alcide Segoni (April 1847 in

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– 1894) was an Italian painter. He began his studies at the

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under the direction of professor Antonio Ciseri. His first canvas was the ''Recovery of the body of

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, following the battle near

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'', awarded gold medal at the Triennial contest of 1871, and later displayed in the Modern Gallery in Florence. In 1874, he completed a large canvas of ''Death of

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'', afterwards he painted a ''Michelangelo and

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''; ''Il Maresciallo d'Anere at the Court of the Regent Queen Maria''; and ''Napoleon I awards a dragoon the Legion of Honor''. Other works, among them include a ''Dopo la vincita'', exhibited in Turin in 1880. ''L'agguato'' was exhibited at the 1881 Exhibition of Fine Arts in Milan, along with an oil canvas of ''Un Ratto'', and another painting depicting a Costume of the 18th century. At the 1877 National Artistic Exposition in Venice he exhibited a canvas titled ''Antiquarian''. Other paintings of note are: ''The Curious; How will it end?''; ''The vindicated Honor''; ''An Interrogation''; ''The interrupted confession''; ''Questo non si tocca''; ''The interrogation''; ''Dichiarazione, in cantina''; ''La storia d'un moschettiere''; ''Una partita a scacchi''; ''L'ordine per il campo''; ''Presentazione della sposa allo zio cardinale''. ‘‘Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.’’
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 468-469.

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