Giuseppe Marrubini
Giuseppe Marrubini or Marubini (1815–1880) was an Italian painter and Engraving, engraver of the 19th century, active in painting historic and sacred subjects. Biography He was born in Montevarchi in Tuscany, but studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence under Giuseppe Bezzuoli. In 1842, he exhibited ''Manfred, King of Sicily, Manfred bids his wife farewell before leaving to fight Charles I of Naples, Charles of Anjou''. In 1844 he exhibited an episode from the poem ''The Loves of the Angels'' by Thomas Moore. In 1848 he exhibited ''Origins of the Guelfs and Ghibellines in Florence'' at the Promotrice Fiorentina. After 1850, he taught figure design at the Academy, under Enrico Pollastrini. He also became active as an engraver. In 1876 he painted a portrait in his deathbed of his long-time colleague Pollastrini. He painted the main altarpiece ''Deposition of St Sebastian'' (1868) for the Chiesa della Misericordia, in Montevarchi.
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