Filippo Agricola - Constance Monti Perticari

Filippo Agricola (1776–1857) was an Italian painter of the 19th century, mainly active in

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. He was born at

Urbino Urbino ( ; ; Romagnol: ''Urbìn'') is a walled city in the Marche region of Italy, south-west of Pesaro, a World Heritage Site notable for a remarkable historical legacy of independent Renaissance culture, especially under the patronage of ...

but trained in the

Accademia di San Luca The Accademia di San Luca (the "Academy of Saint Luke") is an Italian academy of artists in Rome. The establishment of the Accademia de i Pittori e Scultori di Roma was approved by papal brief in 1577, and in 1593 Federico Zuccari became its fir ...

in Rome. He became that institution's president in 1843. He also became director of the mosaic factory of the Vatican. He worked mainly in Rome, painting for the churches of

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San Giovanni in Laterano The Archbasilica Cathedral of the Most Holy Savior and of Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist in the Lateran ( it, Arcibasilica del Santissimo Salvatore e dei Santi Giovanni Battista ed Evangelista in Laterano), also known as the Papa ...

, and

San Paolo fuori le Mura The Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls ( it, Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura), commonly known as Saint Paul's Outside the Walls, is one of Rome's four major papal basilicas, along with the basilicas of Saint John in the ...

. He died during the time he was at work in the latter. He painted the portraits of the ''Crown Princess of Denmark'' (1822), and of the ''Countess Costanza Monti Perticari'' now found in the Galleria Nazionale d'arte Moderna in Rome. Agricola also painted a portrait of Lt General Sir Gordon Drummond while Drummond was convalescing in Rome from a gunshot wound received in the

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* 1776 births 1857 deaths People from Urbino 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 19th-century Italian painters 19th-century Italian male artists 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub