Giulio Cesare Arrivabene (1806,

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– 1896,

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Biography.) was an Italian painter, active initially in a neoclassical style, mainly painting historic and religious canvases. He also was active as a portraitist.

Life and work

He trained under

Luigi Sabatelli Luigi Sabatelli (21 February 1772 – 29 January 1850) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassic period, active in Milan, Rome, and his native city of Florence. Biography He studied in his native city and in Rome. In 1803, with the reorganizatio ...

at the Brera Academy. In 1833, as a student, he produced a sketch titled ''Haman Kneels Before Esther'' . In 1845, he participated in the decoration of the

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in Rome. He painted a ''Il divorzio di Enrico VIII'' (The Divorce of Henry VIII) for the Marchese Ala Ponzone of Milan; and a '' Cola di Rienzo and Italy at the foot of the Virgin'' (exhibited in 1850 at Turin). In 1841, he was commissioned by the Savoy Royal family to create a painting depicting the ''Reconsecration of the

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'' for the

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. After 1853, he moved to

, and obtained many commissions from the aristocracy. He painted a ''Henry IV at Canossa'' ( Accademia Nazionale Virgiliana, Mantua), ''Apotheosis of San Leonardo'' (Apse of church of San Leonardo, Mantua), and ''

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'' (exhibited in 1870 at Parma). His works also include ''Jesus among the Doctors'' (church of Sant'Egidio (Mantua)) and ''

St Anthony of Padua Anthony of Padua ( it, Antonio di Padova) or Anthony of Lisbon ( pt, António/Antônio de Lisboa; born Fernando Martins de Bulhões; 15 August 1195 – 13 June 1231) was a Portuguese Catholic priest and friar of the Franciscan Order. He was bor ...

scolds Ezzelino da Romano'' (1846,

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). The parish church of Sustinente, dedicated to San Michele Arcangelo, has a ''St Michael Archangel'' and a ''St Lucia and Filomena'' by him. Sustinente
town website on Arrivabene.

References

External links

Brief biography
@ the Galleria Recta
Works by Arrivabene
@ the Catalogo Generale dei Beni Culturale 1806 births 1896 deaths 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Mantua Brera Academy alumni 19th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-stub