Roberto Bompiani (February 10, 1821 – January 19, 1908) was an Italian painter and sculptor. Bompiani was born in

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. By the age of fifteen, he had enrolled at the

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in Rome, where in 1836 he shared a first prize with fellow student in design, Angelo Valeriani. By 1839, he was able to win prizes both in sculpture and painting at the Accademia. He was remarkably prolific, especially as a painter. He is particularly known for paintings of scenes from

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, for which he gained the nickname ''"the Italian Bouguereau". Among his sculptural works, almost all from 1865–1870, are ''Sappho'' (

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, Rome), ''Ruth'', and the statuettes ''Amore che cerca chi deve ferire'' and ''Alexander tames Bucephalus''. Among his paintings are a ''Portrait of Queen Margherita'' (1878) at the

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; Portraits of the Borghese family; Portrait of Signora Liverani (1866, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome); Portrait of Marchese Ferrajoli; Portrait of his wife (1873); ''Diana and Actaeon''; ''Dance'' and ''Tragedy'' for the Theater of

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; and two canvases for a church in Santiago: ''Ascencion of the Virgin'' and ''Crown of Thorns''. He also painted frescoes in

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; frescoes in

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: ''San Romano Martyr''; and the fresco on the portico of the Cemetery of Campo Verano: ''Moses' Curse: Death of the First-born of Egypt''. In 1876, at the

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's Centennial Exhibition, Bompiani exhibited a ''Roman girl placing garlands on the bust of his father'' and the ''Suonatore di Tibia (Flutist)''. These were the first of his popular ''Pompeian'' works. He painted ''Catullus at the banks of the Tiber'', ''l'Affissatore pompeiano'', the ''Triclinium'', and a ''partita a gli astragali''. He exhibited at the Mostra internazionale of

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where he won an award for his portrait of

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(1872), that now hangs at the Accademia di San Luca. He rose to become professor and president of the Accademia di San Luca in Rome.Getty Museum Site Both his son,

Augusto Bompiani Augusto Bompiani (September 11, 1852 – May 9, 1930) was an Italian painter, mainly of landscapes including figures, in both oil and watercolors. He was born in Rome. His father, Roberto Bompiani, was also a painter as was his sister Clelia Bo ...

, and his daughter,

Clelia Bompiani Clelia Bompiani-Battaglia (5 August 1848 in Rome – 23 February 1927 in Rome) was an Italian painter. She was a pupil of her father, Roberto Bompiani, and of the professors in the Accademia di San Luca. She was an accomplished watercolorist. Th ...

, were also painters.

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