Giorgio Berti (1794–1863) was an Italian painter, active in Neoclassic style.

Biography

He was born in

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, and there a pupil at the Academy of Fine Arts under Benvenuti. Among his works were a painting of ''Herminia reveals her Beauty to the Shepherds'' (1821) from an episode of

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; painting of '' Ste Felicita witnesses the Martyrdom of her seven sons'' (after 1824) for church of Santa Felicita, and a ''Charity of San

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'' for

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1794 births 1863 deaths Italian male painters 19th-century Italian painters Artists from the Grand Duchy of Tuscany Italian neoclassical painters Painters from Florence Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze alumni 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub