Francesco Di Bartolo (

Catania Catania (, , Sicilian and ) is the second largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo. Despite its reputation as the second city of the island, Catania is the largest Sicilian conurbation, among the largest in Italy, as evidenced also by ...

Sicily (man) it, Siciliana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = Ethnicity , demographics1_footnotes = , demographi ...

, 1826 – 1913) was an Italian engraver and painter. He resided in

for most of his adult life, and became Director of the Civic Museum in his native city. He was honorary professor at the Institute of Fine Arts of

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

. He was prolific in engraved and acquaforte depictions. Among his acquaforte colored engravings are: ''Gli Iconoclasti'' of Morelli, the paintings of animals by

Palizzi Palizzi () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about southeast of Reggio Calabria. The southernmost point in mainland Italy lies in Palizzi. ...

, and a series of portraits including of Count Cavour. Among his engravings with burin are those of a ''Madonna'' by Murillo and of the ''

Madonna of the Harpies ''Madonna of the Harpies'' (Italian: ''Madonna delle Arpie'') is an altarpiece in oils by Andrea del Sarto, a major painter of the High Renaissance. It was commissioned in 1515 and signed and dated by the artist in 1517 in the inscription on the ...

'' by

Andrea del Sarto Andrea del Sarto (, , ; 16 July 1486 – 29 September 1530) was an Italian painter from Florence, whose career flourished during the High Renaissance and early Mannerism. He was known as an outstanding fresco decorator, painter of altar-pieces, ...

. He won various silver and gold prizes at exhibitions. He was awarded an honor in the Order of San Maurizio, and became an associate member of many Academies in Italy, as well as of the Academy in

St Petersburg, Russia 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 ...

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1826 births 1913 deaths Artists from Catania Kingdom of the Two Sicilies people Italian engravers 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 20th-century Italian painters Artists from Sicily 19th-century Italian male artists 20th-century Italian male artists 20th-century engravers {{Italy-engraver-stub