Federico or Federigo Maldarelli (October 2, 1826 – December 9, 1893) was an Italian painter born in

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Biography

His father was a painter, but Maldarelli's first formal training was under Costanzo Angelini. He first exhibited at the 1839 Mostre Borboniche, a painting of ''Head of the Holy Virgin''. He participated in this exhibition regularly until 1859. In 1855, he was awarded the third-class gold medal for his ''San Gliceria converte e battezza il suo carceriere'' (in the

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). The painting hung next to the famed ''Gl'iconoclasti'' of

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. Both painters became lifelong friends. After the 1860s, he painted almost exclusively historical costume scenes of Neo-pompeian subjects. In 1877 at Naples, he exhibited ''Un episodio dell'ultimo giorno di Pompei''. In 1880 at Turin, he exhibited ''Suonatrice pompeiana''; ''Fioraia'', and ''Vestale sepolta viva''. Other paintings include: ''Via di Pompei''; ''Costume romano''; ''Etera pompeiana''.''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.''
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. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, Page 272. One of his pupils was

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19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 1826 births 1893 deaths Painters from Naples Neo-Pompeian painters 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub