Valerico Laccetti or Valerio Laccetti (1836 – April 8, 1909) was an Italian painter, mainly of pastoral

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themes. He was born in

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, and enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts at Naples, where he won a prize at a competition. He studied under

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and Francesco Palizzi. He painted many landscapes of rural and agricultural scenes with animals. He also completed

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, and painted in France and Austria. In 1863, he exhibited ''Interior with Animals'' in Naples. He moved to Rome in 1865, and displayed ''Dog and Cat in a Stall'' and ''Cow in a Stall'' at the Mostre degli Amatori e Cultori. In 1870 at the Promotrice of Naples, he displayed ''Remembrance of Fontainebleau'' and ''Colosseum at Sunrise in Autumn''. He exhibited at the Roman Exhibitions until 1902, including ''The Widow'' (1875); ''The Girl'' (1878); ''A Mother Plays With her Child'' (1879); ''The Prayer'', ''La preghiera'', ''Catechism in the Countryside'' (1881, province of Salerno); ''The Winter'', ''New and Old Soldiers''; and ''Le gioie della famiglia'' (1885). He exhibited often at the Neapolitan Promotrice (1871, 1873, 1874, 1879). In 1873 at Vienna, he displayed three canvases depicting peasants at work, and won a medal. In 1877 at the National exposition of Naples he displayed ''Solo!'', ''Campagna romana'', and ''La civiltà fuga l'ignoranza'' (Civilization banishes Ignorance), which was reprised at the next year's Paris International Exposition. After 1880, he also painted some historical and religious canvases influenced by

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, including ''Christus imperat!'' (completed 1884, exhibited in Rome, 1883 and 1888; now in Chieti, Pinacoteca Provinciale Barbella). He was an honorary member of the Academy of Fine Arts of Fologini and Ferrara. He died in 1909 Rome.Bollettino della Deputazione abruzzese di storia patria
(1908), obituary,, page 92.

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1836 births 1908 deaths Kingdom of the Two Sicilies people 19th-century Italian painters 19th-century Italian male artists Italian male painters 20th-century Italian painters 20th-century Italian male artists Painters from Naples People from Vasto Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli alumni {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub