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Benedetto Servolini (February 25, 1805 in
Benedetto Servolini (February 25, 1805 in Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...
– 1879) was an Italian painter, mainly of historical subjects.
In 1822, a watercolor sketch won a minor award from the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence
The Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze ("academy of fine arts of Florence") is an instructional art academy in Florence, in Tuscany, in central Italy.
It was founded by Cosimo I de' Medici in 1563, under the influence of Giorgio Vasari. M ...
. Silvestro Lega
Silvestro Lega (8 December 1826 – 21 September 1895) was an Italian Realism (art), realist painter. He was one of the leading artists of the Macchiaioli and was also involved with the Mazzini movement.
Biography
He was born in Modigliana, nea ...
was a pupil of Servolini. Servolini taught at the Academy of Florence. Among his works, are:
*'' Mary Stuart''
*''The (Girdle of) Hippolyta
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and Deianira
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*'' Buondelmonte Buondelmonti''
*''Death of Filippo Strozzi
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'' (1833, now at the Accademia, Florence
The Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze ("academy of fine arts of Florence") is an instructional art academy in Florence, in Tuscany, in central Italy.
It was founded by Cosimo I de' Medici in 1563, under the influence of Giorgio Vasari. ...
).
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