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Felice Schiavoni (19 March 1803 – 30 June 1881) was an
Natale e Felice Schiavoni, vita, opere, tempi
by Luigi G. Sernagiotto, Tipografia Municipal of Gaetano Longo, Venice (1881)
Felice Schiavoni (19 March 1803 – 30 June 1881) was an Italian
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painter, depicting history, genre
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, and portraits. During his early career, he often collaborated with his father, the painter Natale Schiavoni
Natale Schiavoni (25 April 1777 – 15 April 1858) was an Italian painter and engraver, specializing in history and portraits. Many of his paintings depict seductive nubile women.
Biography
Schiavoni was born in Chioggia, near Venice, and was cl ...
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Biography
Felice was born inTrieste
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. He was first a pupil of his father, and he then studied at the Brera Academy
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in Milan, where he won a prize, and later at Venice and Vienna. He was awarded a prize and medal by Tsar Nicholas I of Russia
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He often painted in Venice for Russian patrons. Among his works are a ''Death of Raphael Sanzio'' painted during a period of 15 years for Tsar Alexander II of Russia
Alexander II ( rus, Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич, Aleksándr II Nikoláyevich, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ftɐˈroj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ; 29 April 181813 March 1881) was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland fro ...
, and for which he was paid 60 thousand Lire. The large canvas was a scholarly tour-de-force which included 16 portraits of famous Italian artists, assembled to grieve at the bedside of the dying painter, including Pierin del Vago, La Fornarina
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It is proba ...
, Giulio Romano
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, Andrea Navagero
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, Cardinal Pietro Bembo
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, Ludovico Ariosto
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, Michelangelo
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, and Benvenuto Cellini
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He also painted a ''Miracle of St. Anthony of Padua'' and a ''Saints Simon Stock and Anthony of Padua'' for a church in Trieste; a ''Raphael and the Fornarina'' for the Tosi Gallery, Venice; a ''Cupid'' for the Brera Gallery in Milan; a ''Christ bearing the Cross''; a ''Christ Asleep''; a ''Torquato Tasso reading to Eleonora''; a ''Repose in Egypt'' (1824); a ''Venus and Cupid'' (1832); a Madonna (1854); a ''Raphael painting the Fornarina'' (1861); and a ''Holy Family'' (1864).
His wife, Regina Sfriza, died soon after Felice. His daughters Carolina and Julia were also painters, the former of landscapes, the latter of history and portraits. His brother Giovanni Giovanni may refer to:
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was also a painter of mythology and history.by Luigi G. Sernagiotto, Tipografia Municipal of Gaetano Longo, Venice (1881)
References
1803 births 1881 deaths 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Milan Painters from Venice Italian neoclassical painters 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub