Antonio Muzzi (1815 – 1894) was an Italian figure and history painter, active in both

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...

and St Petersburg. He trained in the

Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna The Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna ("academy of fine arts of Bologna") is a public tertiary academy of fine art in Bologna, in Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy. It has a campus in Cesena. Giorgio Morandi taught engraving at the Accademia ...

, and became a docent at the academy. Muzzi was commissioned by the marchese Gioacchino Pepoli to paint ''La cacciata degli austriaci da Porta Galliera l’8 agosto 1848'', which depicts a battle in which the marchese participated. The canvas is now displayed in the Museum of the Risorgimento of Bologna.Archivio di Stato Bologna
entry on canvas by Muzzi.

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1815 births 1894 deaths 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Bologna 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub