Geminiano Mundici (December 26, 1823 – 1908) was an Italian painter, active mainly in his native

Modena Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...

Biography

Geminiano first studied under

Adeodato Malatesta Adeodato Malatesta (May 6, 1806 – December 24, 1891) was an Italian painter, trained in a grand Neoclassical style, depicting mostly of sacred and historic subjects. Biography He was born in Modena. His father was a captain in the Granducal ar ...

in the Accademia Atestina di Belle Arti in Modena. In 1844 he won the first prize award for painting with religious subject, depicting ''Joseph interprets the dreams of the Pharaoh's Eunuchs''. His silver medallion, ''Tasso in his last days at Sant'Onofrio'' also won awards. In 1847 he defeated fellow alumni

Antonio Simonazzi Antonio Simonazzi (April 24, 1824 - 1908) was an Italian painter, active mainly in his native Modena. Biography Antonio Simonazzi first studied under Adeodato Malatesta in the Accademia Atestina di Belle Arti in Modena. In 1841 he won the first p ...

and

Giuseppe Zattera Giuseppe Zattera (1826-1891) was an Italian painter, mainly depicting landscapes and vedute, but also some sacred subjects. He was born in Legnago in the province of Verona, but studied from 1840-1852 at the Institute of Fine Arts of Modena under ...

in a competition, with his painting of ''Tasso meets his sister Cornelia''. The painting is still in the Institute of Fine Arts. He was granted a stipend and traveled to Venice. He joined the rebellions of 1848, and suffered exile in England until 1857. On his return to Modena, Duke Francesco V commissioned frescoes for the Ducal Palace of Modena recalling the visit of the Pope Pius VII to Modena. Once Modena came under the Savoyard dynasty, he painted frescoes depicting the ''

Battle of Palestro The Battle of Palestro was fought on 30–31 May 1859 between the Austrian Empire and the combined forces of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont and France. The Franco-Piedmontese forces were victorious. It was fought just south to Palestro, a town i ...

'' and the ''Entry of Delegates from Reggio and Modena to Turin''. He was named professor of design for the Regia Scuola Militare of Modena. Among other works were *''Martyrdom of St Bartholemew'' *''Vestition of St Wilhelm of Aquitaine'' (1852) *''Episode during captivity in Jerusalem'' (1857) *''Jesus in the Orchard'' (1866) *''Dante explains his love for Beatrice to Florentine Women'' (1866) *''The Decameron'' (1866) *''Miracle of Capernaum'' (1870) *''Death of St Joseph'' (1870) He died in Assisi.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mundici Geminiano 1823 births 1908 deaths 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Modena 19th-century Italian male artists