Enrico Scuri (April 26, 1805 – 1884) was an Italian painter, active in a Romantic style.

Biography

He was born and died in

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. By 13 years of age, he became a pupil of

Giuseppe Diotti Francesco Giuseppe Antonio Diotti (1 March 177930 January 1846) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassicism, Neoclassic style. He was strongly influenced by the academic styles of both Gaspare Landi and Vincenzo Camuccini. He painted in fresco as ...

, where he overlapped with

Francesco Coghetti Francesco Coghetti (12 July 1801 – 20 April 1875) was an Italian painter and art school administrator. Biography Coghetti was born to a wealthy family which enabled him to be educated at prestigious private schools. After completing his primar ...

and Giovanni Carnovali. Incoronata-interior-dome

He was prolific. He painted the cupola of the Sanctuary of the Incoronata at Lodi in Lombardy. He also frescoed the cupola of the Immacolata in

, the frescoes in the church of

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in Milan, and frescoes in the church of

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He frescoed four medallions in a chapel dedicated to the Blessed Alessandro Saul, in the church of Sant' Alessandro in

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. Among his paintings of sacred subjects are the following: ''St

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, receives the scapular from the Virgin Mary'', altarpiece commissioned by the fabbriceria of Calolzio; ''Saints

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condemned to Martyrdom'' commissioned by the fabbriceria of

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; ''Saint Helen and the Miracle of the Cross'', commissioned by the fabbriceria of

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; ''The Triumph of the Addolorata'', for the church of San Lorenzo in Lodi; ''The Transit of St Joseph'' for the parochial church of

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; and ''Blessing of the Children'', commissioned by Count Petrobelli of Bergamo. Among his paintings of historical or romantic subjects are: ''Death of Aganodeca (Ossian)''; ''The Hunt of

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'' (nocturne commissioned by marchese Antonio Visconti of Milan); ''Final Scene of Filippo'' by

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; ''Diana and Endymion'', a moonlit scene; ''Satan surprised by the Angel Ithuriel'', (moonlit scene based on Milton's

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), bought by prince Pyotr Gorchakov of

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, Russia; ''Tardi rimorsi''; ''Dance of Death'' (Goethe) in two paintings of moonlit scenes; ''A

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'' (lamp-lit); and ''E caddi come corpo morto cade'' (based on lines from Dante). GCBeltrami

Among his historical portraits are the following: one of the famous traveler '' Giacomo Costantino Beltrami of Bergamo, discovering the source of the Mississippi'', now at the

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; of the composer Simone Mayr completing a melody, canvas once in the

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. He also completed many private portraits. He also made drawings for the ''Last Night of Nero'', inspired by the drama of

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, and pursued as a design for a sipario (theater curtain), exhibited at Turin in 1875, and at a hall of the Carrara Academy. Scuri became honorary associate of many artistic societies. After the death of Diotti, he replaced his master as director of the

in Bergamo, where he taught for forty years. Among Enrico's pupils were

Giovanni Gavazzeni Giovanni Gavazzeni (13 September 1841 – 29 November 1907) was an Italian painter of portraits and sacred subjects. He was born in Talamona in the Valtellina. Giovanni studied at the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo under Enrico Scuri. He painted a ...

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Giulio Gorra Giulio Gorra (1832 –1884) was an Italian painter. He was born in Cremona and died in Turin. He trained under Enrico Scuri at the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo. he left the school in 1852 and by 1857 was in Milan. He decorated books and magazine ...

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