Augusto Alberici (born September 1846, in

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) was an Italian painter and antiquarian. He was born in

, but his father was a sea captain from

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. His mother was Roman. He trained under Toglietti in

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. he obtained the early sponsorship of two patrons, the engineer Giovanni Battista Marotti and Giovanni Frontini. He mainly painted battle vistas or landscapes. ''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.''
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 13. Among his works were: *''The Snow'' *''Anticoli'' *''The return from the Campaign'' *''The battle of Crescentino fought by Emanuele Filiberto'' *''Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon''

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