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Giuseppe Patania

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Giuseppe Patania (Palermo, Sicily, January 18, 1780 - February 23, 1852) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassical period. He painted portraits and historical subjects.

Roger of Sicily Receiving the Keys of Palermo.

He studied with Giuseppe Velasco and Vincenzo Riolo.[1] He is buried in San Domenico in Palermo, where his tomb states Selected the beautiful from Nature.[2] Among his pupils were Andrea D'Antoni and Pietro Volpes.

References

  1. ^ Galleria Roma website, entry on painter.
  2. ^ A handbook for travellers in Sicily by G. Dennis]. John Murray (publishers), page 43.

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