Princess Maria Antonietta of the Two Sicilies, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, by Giuseppe Bezzuoli

Giuseppe Bezzuoli (28 November 1784 – 13 September 1855) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassic period, active in

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, and his native city of

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Biography

He studied as a young man under Jean-Baptiste Desmarais at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence, and afterward spent some time at Rome between 1813 and 1820. He became a candidate to the professorship of painting at the

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of Florence after

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's death in 1844. His large picture in the Academy include ''The Entry of Charles VIII into

'' (1822–1829). Some of his smaller works, such as ''The Galatea'' and the small copy of Raphael's ''School of Athens'' (1819), in the Galleria Tosio Martinengo at

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, give a more favorable idea of his talent. He painted one of the lunettes in the Tribune of Galileo at the Natural History Museum ( La Specola Museum) in Florence, and the more important series of scenes from the life of Caesar (1836) in one of the rooms on the ground floor of the

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. His ''Assumption of the Virgin'' is found in the Museo dell'Opera of the church of Santa Croce. Other principal works include a ''Baptism of Clovis'' and a ''Madonna'' in fresco for the Pitti Palace. He painted two ceilings for the

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representing ''Toilet of Venus,'' and ''Venus carrying Ascanius''. He died in Florence. Among his pupils at the Academy were

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, Giuseppe Raggio,

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, Giuseppe Pierotti, Stefano Ussi, and

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. Giuseppe Bezzuoli - Entry of Charles VIII into Florence - WGA2144.jpg, ''Entry of

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, portrait by Morghen, engraved by Bezzuoli

References

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