Giovanni Ponticelli (

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, c. 1829–1880) was an Italian painter. He was a resident of Naples. In 1877 he exhibited the two canvases: ''Il vizioso'' and ''La casa del rigattiere''. In 1872 at Milan, he exhibited ''The people of Andria fight the Papal forces captained by cardinal

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''. He studied in the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples, where he was taught by

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. At the Mostra Borbonica of 1855, he displayed ''Parable of the ten virgins'', ''Great Mother of God'', ''Blessed Virgin with Child and St Joseph''), and in 1859, displayed ''St Elisabeth, Queen of Hungary visits a hovel''. After 1860, his paintings took on a more patriotic tone, including ''A wounded garibaldino explains his feats to two young women'', exhibited at the 1861 National Exposition of Florence. He did work alongside painters of the School of Resina. At the Promotrice of Naples in 1862, he exhibited ''Una confidenza d'amore''. Among his historic and

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subjects are ''La convalescenza del Cavaliere Baiardo'' (1867) ; ''Entry of Cardinal Ruffo into Naples in 1799'', ''La sparata del vino nuovo''. Ponticelli painted the sipario (curtain) of the Theater of

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depicting the ''

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(Challenge of Barletta)''. He also painted these curtains in

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and

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(1875). The latter was painted with the ''Triumph of

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'' was painted with Ponticelli's pupil, Ciro Punzi .Province
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