Annibale Gatti (September, 1828 – 1909) was an

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painter, known for history painting and fresco decoration in Tuscany.

Biography

He was born in

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. He moved to

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by 1830. In 1843, he enrolled in the

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. He became friends with the architect

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, and was employed in numerous restoration projects in Tuscany. He frescoed for the Palazzo Lanfranchi-Toscanelli in

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. In 1861, he decorated the Throne Room in the

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. He decorated the ceiling of the

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in Pisa, where he also painted the sipario (or theater curtain). He became professor in the

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and appointed Knight of the

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. Among his other works are the following: *''Rinaldo and Armida'' and ''Armida coi duci arabi'', (ceiling of Palazzo Favard, Florence) *''Molière reads his comedies to the serva'' *''Transport of the Cadaver of

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da Castelfiorentino'', (1872) Gold medal in Florence) *''Lafayette and Washington'' (awarded in Boston) *''Leonardo da Vinci at the court of Lodovico il Moro'' *''Goldoni his comedies in Gardens of the Palazzo Scotto in Pisa'' *''Galileo receives Milton'' (

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) *''Paesiello'' *''The Master of All Our Seeing'' *''Frieze'' (Ballroom of Villino Stibbert, Florence).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gatti, Annibale 1828 births 1909 deaths People from Forlì 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze alumni Painters from Florence 19th-century Italian male artists