Felice Giuseppe Vertua, (1820 - 1862) was an

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painter. Vertua painted

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with genre scenes and views of

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. He was born and died in Cremona. We know little of his early training, but he became a follower of the painter

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.Vedutismo e pittura di paesaggio nella Cremona dell'Ottocento. Da Piccio a Giulio Gorra
; Cremona, Fiera, September 14–22, 2002. Cremona, Museo Civico, dal 26 settembre al 10 novembre 2002 (da martedì al sabato 9-18, domenica e festivi dalle 10 alle 18, chiuso il lunedì).

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1820 births 1862 deaths 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian landscape painters Painters from Cremona 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub