Ignazio Affani (March 22, 1828 – July 29, 1889) was an Italian painter, mainly painting historical and biblical subjects.

Biography

He was born in Borgo San Donnino of

Parma Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmigiano-Reggiano, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 ...

. He studied at the

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, under Giovanni Battista Callegari,

Francesco Scaramuzza Francesco Scaramuzza (14 July 1803 – 20 October 1886) was an Italian painter and poet of the Romantic period in Northern Italy. He painted mythologic and historic canvases, but is best known for his interpretations of literary subjects includin ...

, Giuseppe Gaibazzi, and Francesco Pescatori. He fought in the revolutions of 1848–1849. In 1859, he was awarded a stipend to study in

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. Returning to Parma, he was awarded a number of honors, including being named honorary academic at Naples. Among his works are ''Gerolamo Savonarola in carcere'' (Girolamo Savonarola in jail), sent to the 1869 Universal Exposition at Vienna; ''The Daughter of

Jephthah Jephthah (pronounced ; he, יִפְתָּח, ''Yīftāḥ''), appears in the Book of Judges as a judge who presided over Israel for a period of six years (). According to Judges, he lived in Gilead. His father's name is also given as Gilead, ...

'', ''

Bramante Donato Bramante ( , , ; 1444 – 11 April 1514), born as Donato di Pascuccio d'Antonio and also known as Bramante Lazzari, was an Italian architect and painter. He introduced Renaissance architecture to Milan and the High Renaissance style ...

introduces Raphael to Pope Julius II'' (1859), ''Garibaldini taking leave of his family'' (1861, Pitti Palace), ''

Rebekah Rebecca, ; Syriac: , ) from the Hebrew (lit., 'connection'), from Semitic root , 'to tie, couple or join', 'to secure', or 'to snare') () appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical ...

delights in the bracelets sent by Isaac'' (1862), ''The exile of the Medici from Florence'', and ''A XIVth century Concert''. He painted frescoes for the chapel of San Bernardo in the Duomo di Parma. He died poor in

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, after many viccisitudes afflicted his family. His grandson was the sculptor Garibaldo Affanni.City of Parma
biographies of famous Parmesans.

References

1828 births 1889 deaths 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Parma People from Fidenza 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub