300px, Allegory of Napoleon as Liberator of Italy (c. 1800) Francesco Alberi (3 March 1765–24 January 1836) was an Italian Neoclassical style painter, active in

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Rimini Rimini ( , ; rgn, Rémin; la, Ariminum) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy and capital city of the Province of Rimini. It sprawls along the Adriatic Sea, on the coast between the rivers Marecchia (the ancient ''Ariminu ...

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. He was born in Rimini, and initially apprenticed there with Giuseppe Soleri, but by the age of twenty he became a pupil of

Domenico Corvi Domenico Corvi (1721–1803) was an Italian painter at the close of the 18th century, active in an early Neoclassic style in Rome and surrounding sites. Biography Corvi was born in Viterbo. After some early works in Viterbo and Palestrina, ...

in Rome. After five years with Corvi, he returned to Rimini where he painted in oil, tempera and fresco for many of the prominent families such as the Battaglini, Garampi, Ganganelli, and Spina. In 1799, he was elected professor of design at the Lyceum of Rimini. Between 1803 and 1806, he was professor of painting at the

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in Bologna, after which he moved to Padua. In 1810, he returned to Bologna as professor. His paintings generally depicted Greco-Roman classic themes or historic subjects. Among his major works were hagiographic paintings such as those with Napoleon as the subject, as well as the ''Death of Dido'', the ''Death of Cato'', and the ''Recognition of Achilles''. he died in Bologna. He wrote a few treatises including ''Teorie dell'arte pittorica'' and a ''Riposta a sei lettere anonime''. The latter was a response to criticisms of the academy and his paintings. In addition he wrote extensive assessments of the art of his day. 180px, Elisa Bonaparte

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1765 births 1836 deaths People from Rimini 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 19th-century Italian painters Italian neoclassical painters Academic staff of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna 19th-century Italian male artists 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub