Giuseppe Mancinelli (17 March 1813, in

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 ...

– 25 May 1875, in

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) was an Italian painter.

Biography

His father was in the service of the Venitgnano family, who patronized his early studies at the Neapolitan Academy of Fine Arts, then under the guidance of

Vincenzo Camuccini Vincenzo Camuccini (22 February 1771 – 2 September 1844) was an Italian painter of Neoclassic histories and religious paintings. He was considered the premier academic painter of his time in Rome. Biography Camuccini was born in Rome, and fir ...

. He painted an altarpiece of ''San Carlo Borromeo provides Viaticum to Plague Victim'' for the Church of

San Carlo all'Arena San Carlo all'Arena is a district of Naples, the regional capital of Campania, located north-east of the historic centre of the city. This quarter (''quartiere'') is named after the Church of San Carlo all'Arena and it constitutes - together wit ...

. After 1850, he was named to replace

Tito Angelini Tito Angelini (1806–1878) was an Italian sculptor and leader of the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples, where he was born and died. Biography Fountain of the River Amenano in the Piazza del Duomo, Catania His father, Costanzo Angelini, born ...

as the professor of Design at the Neapolitan Academy, besting out Di Napoli and Raffaele Postiglione in a contest for the position. He painted the ''Sipario'' or theater curtain, for the

teatro San Carlo The Real Teatro di San Carlo ("Royal Theatre of Saint Charles"), as originally named by the Bourbon monarchy but today known simply as the Teatro (di) San Carlo, is an opera house in Naples, Italy, connected to the Royal Palace and adjacent t ...

with ''Muses, Homer, poets, and musicians'' (1854) to replace the original curtain by

Giuseppe Cammarano Giuseppe Cammarano (4 June 1766 – 8 October 1850) was an Italian painter and leader of the Academy of Arts in his birthplace of Sciacca, Sicily. Biography Cammarano began his work at the Royal court of Naples. He painted frescos, now degra ...

that had burned in a fire.''Napoli e dintorni''
Touring Club Italiano, (2001) page 119. Among his pupils were Valerio Laccetti, Alfonso Simonetti, Ciro Punzo, and his son

Gustavo Gustavo is the Latinate form of a Germanic male given name with respective prevalence in Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian. It has been a common name for Swedish monarchs since the reign of Gustav Vasa. It is derived from Gustav /ˈɡʊstɑːv/, a ...

References

* 1813 births 1875 deaths 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Naples Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli alumni Academic staff of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub