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Raffaele Pontremoli, also known as Raffaello Pontremoli (1832 in 
Lombardi cultural holdings
Chieri
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– 1906 in Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
), was an Italian painter, mainly as a battle painter.
Biography
Pontremoli studied at the Academy of Arts inNice
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, where his father was rabbi for the local community. He then moved to Turin to study at the Accademia Albertina
The Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti ("Albertina Academy of Fine Arts") is an institution of higher education in Turin, Italy
History
In the first half of the seventeenth century, there was a "University of Painters, Sculptors and Architects" ...
under Carlo Arienti. In 1852, at the Albertina, one of Pontremoli's works won an award. In 1855, he painted ''An attack of the Outposts''. He traveled to Paris, where he studied with Horace Vernet
Émile Jean-Horace Vernet (30 June 178917 January 1863), more commonly known as simply Horace Vernet, was a French Painting, painter of battles, portraits, and Orientalism, Orientalist subjects.
Biography
Vernet was born to Carle Vernet, another ...
, and in 1859 with the War of Independence
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* List of civil wars
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renewed, he returned to Italy and worked as correspondent for the journal ''Illustration'' of Paris. He assisted the Battalion of Palestro and San Martino; one of his drawings was purchased by Emperor Napoleon III
Napoleon III (Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was the first President of France (as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte) from 1848 to 1852 and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870. A nephew ...
, and presented to King Victor Emanuel II
en, Victor Emmanuel Maria Albert Eugene Ferdinand Thomas
, house = Savoy
, father = Charles Albert of Sardinia
, mother = Maria Theresa of Austria
, religion = Roman Catholicism
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, succession1 ...
. Among his works is a large canvas depicting ''La presa di Mola di Gaeta'', found at the Officer's Club of the 5th Artillery; ''Il passaggio del Gorigliano''; and a large canvas of ''Prince Carignano at the batteries of Cappuccini, during the Siege of Gaeta (1860) The siege of Gaeta can refer to several historical sieges of the city of Gaeta in Italy:
*Siege of Gaeta (1435), siege by Alfonso V of Aragon against a Genoese garrison
*Siege of Gaeta (1707), Austrian attack during the War of the Spanish Successio ...
''. In 1866 he followed the armies again, and illustrated two events: '' Prince Umberto at Villafranca
Villafranca (Basque: ''Alesbes'') is a town and municipality located in the province and the autonomous community (Comunidad Foral) of Navarre, northern Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo ...
amid the quadrato of the 49th infantry'' and ''Prince Amedeo wounded at the attack of Cavalchina near Custoza
Custoza (; vec, Custoxa ) is a northern Italian village and hamlet (''frazione'') of Sommacampagna, a municipality in the province of Verona, Veneto. As of 2011, its population was 812.
History
The village is famous for two battles fought dur ...
'', now found in Palazzo Pitti
The Palazzo Pitti (), in English sometimes called the Pitti Palace, is a vast, mainly Renaissance, palace in Florence, Italy. It is situated on the south side of the River Arno, a short distance from the Ponte Vecchio. The core of the present ...
of Florence. In 1869, he was nominated Vice-Inspector of the Royal Pinacoteca of Turin, and in 1876 Inspector.
He painted the portrait of Count Cibrario, who was Grand Master of the Order of Saints Maurizio e Lazzaro
The Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus ( it, Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro) (abbreviated OSSML) is a Roman Catholic dynastic order of knighthood bestowed by the royal House of Savoy. It is the second-oldest order of knighthood in the wo ...
, of which Pontremoli was also an officer. For his canvas ''Umberto and the Quadrato del 1866'', exhibited at Turin in 1880, he was awarded knighthood and the medal of commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy
The Order of the Crown of Italy ( it, Ordine della Corona d'Italia, italic=no or OCI) was founded as a national order in 1868 by King Vittorio Emanuele II, to commemorate the unification of Italy in 1861. It was awarded in five degrees for civi ...
. In 1891, he painted frescoes for the Tower of San Martino, which serves as a monument dedicated to those who fought in the Battle of Solferino
The Battle of Solferino (referred to in Italy as the Battle of Solferino and San Martino) on 24 June 1859 resulted in the victory of the allied French Army under Napoleon III and Piedmont-Sardinian Army under Victor Emmanuel II (together know ...
.
Lombardy institutions have many sketches by the artist of events and places used in his paintings.Honours
*Commendatore
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Position, rank, title
* Commander (order) ( it, Commendatore), the title of honour "Command ...
of the order of the crown of Italy. (On request of the king Umberto I
Umberto I ( it, Umberto Rainerio Carlo Emanuele Giovanni Maria Ferdinando Eugenio di Savoia; 14 March 1844 – 29 July 1900) was King of Italy from 9 January 1878 until his assassination on 29 July 1900.
Umberto's reign saw Italy attempt colo ...
)
References
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