Andrea Terzi (November 10, 1842 in

Monreale Monreale (; ; Sicilian: ''Murriali'') is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, in Sicily, southern Italy. It is located on the slope of Monte Caputo, overlooking the very fertile valley called ''"La Conca d'oro"'' (the Golde ...

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– 1918 in Rome) was an Italian painter and engraver. Born to a poor family, as a boy, he briefly studied under Giuseppe Patania. After the age of 19 years, he studied painting with abbot Domenico Benedetto Gravina, and was called to work for two years in Monreale Cathedral. He taught himself illustration, and in 1872 helped illustrate a book on the Palatine Chapel of

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, ''Il Duomo di Monreale'', written by professor Michele Amari, Monsignor

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, and

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. The book won an award at the 1873 Universal Exhibition of Vienna, and in 1878 at the Universal Exhibition of Paris, and at other artistic and industrial exhibitions in Palermo. In 1877, the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce lobbied the King on Terzi's behalf for an appointment as Knight of the

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, for his work at the Palatine Chapel. He also produced chromolithography tables for the Ministry of Education with depictions of the plants of Sicily, the topography, and the archaeological sites of

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. His son,

Amedeo John Engel Terzi Amedeo John Engel Terzi (1872, Palermo -1956) was an Italian illustrator and entomologist specialising in Diptera, the true flies. He was the son of Andrea Terzi (1852-1918), a lithographer and illustrator. His brother, Aleardo Terzi (1870–19 ...

, was best known for his detailed engravings of

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(flies).

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