Andrea Appiani the Younger
Andrea Appiani, "the younger" (1817–1865)[1] who was the great-nephew of the painter of the same name, was born in 1817. He studied at Rome under Minardi and Francesco Hayez, and became a good historical painter. He was employed by the King of Italy, the Emperor of Austria, and other personages of celebrity. Of his works may be mentioned Petrarch and Laura (1852); Laban and Jacob, and La povera Maria (1859). He died in 1865.
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- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica. 2 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 222. .
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Appiani, Andrea, ' the younger,'". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
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