Benedetto Servolini
Appearance
Benedetto Servolini (Florence, February 25, 1805 -1879[1] ) was an Italian painter, mainly of historical subjects.
Biography
In 1822, a watercolor sketch won a minor award from the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence.[2] Silvestro Lega was a pupil of Servolini. Servolini taught at the Academy of Florence. Among his works, are:[3]
- Mary Stuart
- The (Girdle of) Hippolyta and Deianira
- Buondelmonte Buondelmonti
- Death of Filippo Strozzi (1833, now at the Accademia, Florence).
References
- ^ Date of death found in A Checklist of Painters from c1200-1994 Represented in the Witt Library by Witt Library, page 465.
- ^ Antologia: giornale di scienze, lettere e arti, Volume 8, page 199, October–December 1822, Al Gabinetto Scientifico e Letterario di GP Vieusseux, Florence.
- ^ Saltini, Guglielmo Enrico (1862). Le Arti Belle in Toscana da mezzo il Secolo XVIII ai di Nostri (book). Florence, Italy: Tipografia Le Monnier. p. 59.
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