Angelo Maria Mazzia (7 October 1825 in

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– 2 January 1890 in

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) was an Italian painter. His father, Francesco Mazzia, was also a painter.

Biography

He was initially given a standard classical education in Letters at the local Seminary of San Marco, but when he was awarded a scholarship by the province he moved to

, to study veterinary medicine. Once there, he began taking private lessons in design from professor

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. This led to another scholarship to study painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. His instructors there were

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and

Camillo Guerra Camillo Guerra (Naples 21 May 1797 – 10 March 1874 Naples) was an Italian painter, active mainly in Naples, Italy. Biography Born to a family of artists; his father, however, led a crew performing excavations at Pompei. Initially his father ...

. In 1860, he became an instructor of the Institute of Fine Arts, where he wrote a text on geometric design. In 1872, he won a position as Professor of Design at the school in Portici. His works included various portraits of notable people from

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. His painting ''St Sebastian after his Martyrdom'' was exhibited in 1859 and awarded a gold medal. Also worth mentioning are ''The Assumption with a Choir of Angels''; ''Saint Cristina'' ( Royal Palace of Caserta); ''The Virgin of the Catacombs'' ( Museo di Capodimonte); ''Pope Clement VII and Emperor Charles V'' (1864); ''Dante in the Bedlam of the Hypocrites'' (1866); and ''Dante in the Light, Rome in Darkness'' (1872), which was exhibited at the Brera Academy . The following year, it was shown at the

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. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the

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, and was honorary President of the Society of Mechanical Operators in Portici. His portrait of

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is in the picture gallery of the Music Conservatories of Naples.

Enrico Salfi Enrico Salfi (Cosenza, Calabria, 1857 – January 14, 1935) was an Italian painter, mainly of biblical or Ancient Roman (Pompeian) subjects. He also excelled in oil portraits. Biography In 1876, Salfi began his studies at the Tarantino High Scho ...

was one of his pupils. The Municipality of Roggiano Gravina has dedicated a street to him.

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