Enrico Scuri (April 26, 1805 – 1884) was an Italian painter, active in a Romantic style.

Biography

He was born and died in

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. By 13 years of age, he became a pupil of

Giuseppe Diotti Giuseppe Diotti (1 March 1779 – 30 January 1846) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassic style. Biography He was born in Casalmaggiore. His full name was Francesco Giuseppe Antonio Diotti. He initially was apprenticed in his hometown to Paol ...

, where he overlapped with

Francesco Coghetti Francesco Coghetti (12 July 1801 – 20 April 1875) was an Italian painter and art school administrator. Biography He was born to a wealthy family which enabled him to be educated at prestigious private schools. After completing his primary studi ...

and

Giovanni Carnovali Giovanni Carnovali (29 September 1804 – 5 July 1873), known as Il Piccio ('the little one'), was an Italian painter. Biography Carnovali was born in Montegrino Valtravaglia (Varese). In 1815, at the age of just 11, he was admitted to the ...

He was prolific. He painted the cupola of the Sanctuary of the Incoronata at Lodi in Lombardy. He also frescoed the cupola of the Immacolata in

, the frescoes in the church of

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in Milan, and frescoes in the church of

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He frescoed four medallions in a chapel dedicated to the Blessed Alessandro Saul, in the church of Sant' Alessandro in

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. Among his paintings of sacred subjects are the following: ''St

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, receives the scapular from the Virgin Mary'', altarpiece commissioned by the fabbriceria of Calolzio; ''Saints

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condemned to Martyrdom'' commissioned by the fabbriceria of

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; ''Saint Helen and the Miracle of the Cross'', commissioned by the fabbriceria of

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; ''The Triumph of the Addolorata'', for the church of San Lorenzo in Lodi; ''The Transit of St Joseph'' for the parochial church of Seriate; and ''Blessing of the Children'', commissioned by Count Petrobelli of Bergamo. Among his paintings of historical or romantic subjects are: ''Death of Aganodeca (Ossian)''; ''The Hunt of

Bernabò Visconti Bernabò or Barnabò Visconti (1323 – 19 December 1385) was an Italian soldier and statesman who was Lord of Milan. Along with his brothers Matteo and Galeazzo II, he inherited the lordship of Milan from his uncle Giovanni. Later in 1355, he an ...

'' (nocturne commissioned by marchese Antonio Visconti of Milan); ''Final Scene of Filippo'' by Alfieri; ''Diana and Endymion'', a moonlit scene; ''Satan surprised by the Angel Ithuriel'', (moonlit scene based on Milton's

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), bought by prince

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St Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, Russia; ''Tardi rimorsi''; ''Dance of Death'' (Goethe) in two paintings of moonlit scenes; ''A

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'' (lamp-lit); and ''E caddi come corpo morto cade'' (based on lines from Dante). GCBeltrami

Among his historical portraits are the following: one of the famous traveler '' Giacomo Costantino Beltrami of Bergamo, discovering the source of the Mississippi'', now at the

Accademia Carrara The Accademia Carrara, (), officially Accademia Carrara di Belle Arti di Bergamo, is an art gallery and an academy of fine arts in Bergamo, in Lombardy in northern Italy. The art gallery was established in about 1780 by , a Bergamasco collect ...

; of the composer Simone Mayr completing a melody, canvas once in the musical conservatory of Bergamo. He also completed many private portraits. He also made drawings for the ''Last Night of Nero'', inspired by the drama of

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, and pursued as a design for a sipario (theater curtain), exhibited at Turin in 1875, and at a hall of the Carrara Academy. Scuri became honorary associate of many artistic societies. After the death of Diotti, he replaced his master as director of the

in Bergamo, where he taught for forty years. Among Enrico's pupils were Giovanni GavazzeniIl Museo Etnografico Tiranese
Municipio di Tirano, short biography. and Giulio Gorra.

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