Giulio Cesare Arrivabene (1806, Mantua – 1896, Florence[1]) was an Italian painter, active initially in a neoclassical style, mainly painting historic and religious canvases. He also was active as a portraitist.
Life and work edit
He trained under Luigi Sabatelli at the Brera Academy. In 1833, as a student, he produced a sketch titled Haman Kneels Before Esther .[1] In 1845, he participated in the decoration of the Palazzo Torlonia in Rome. He painted a Il divorzio di Enrico VIII (The Divorce of Henry VIII) for the Marchese Ala Ponzone of Milan; and a Cola di Rienzo and Italy at the foot of the Virgin (exhibited in 1850 at Turin). In 1841, he was commissioned by the Savoy Royal family to create a painting depicting the Reconsecration of the Hautecombe Abbey for the Castello di Racconigi.[1]
After 1853, he moved to Florence, and obtained many commissions from the aristocracy. He painted a Henry IV at Canossa (Accademia Nazionale Virgiliana, Mantua), Apotheosis of San Leonardo (Apse of church of San Leonardo, Mantua), and Imelda de' Lambertazzi (exhibited in 1870 at Parma).[1] His works also include Jesus among the Doctors (church of Sant'Egidio (Mantua)) and St Anthony of Padua scolds Ezzelino da Romano (1846, Sant'Andrea, Mantua).[2] The parish church of Sustinente, dedicated to San Michele Arcangelo, has a St Michael Archangel and a St Lucia and Filomena by him.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b c d Istituto Matteucci Biography.
- ^ Fondazione D'Arco Museum biography.
- ^ Sustinente Archived 2007-09-10 at the Wayback Machine town website on Arrivabene.
External links edit
Media related to Giulio Cesare Arrivabene at Wikimedia Commons
- Brief biography @ the Galleria Recta
- Works by Arrivabene @ the Catalogo Generale dei Beni Culturale
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