Filippo Balbi (1806 - 27 September 1890) was an

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painter, active in an archaic style depicting allegoric and religious scenes.

Early life

Filippo was born in Naples, and studied in the

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of his native city, but moved to Rome.

Career

In 1844, one of his first commissions was for a ''Madonna della Cintura'' for the Convent of the Madonna della Neve in

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. In 1854, he began to paint a ceiling for the

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located in Collepardo, province of Frosinone. Much of his life's output after 1859 was for the Certosa, including canvases for the church, lunettes, and eclectic frescoes for the pharmacy. He also painted a ''Testa anatomica'' (1854), located now in the Museo di Storia della Medicina of the

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in Rome. He painted an ''Immaculate Conception'' (1877) for the Church of the Consolazione in Collepardo, now on display in a chapel of the parish church of Santissimi Salvatore. Filippo died in Alatri in 1890.Collepardo Comune
biography of painter.

Gallery

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(c. 1860) at the Trisulti Charterhouse

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Balbi Filippo 1806 births 1890 deaths 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli alumni Painters from Naples 19th-century Italian male artists