Self portrait of Vincenzo Camuccini.

Vincenzo Camuccini (February 22, 1771 - September 2, 1844) was an Italian painter of Neoclassic histories and religious paintings. Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Year 1771 ( MDCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Neoclassicism (sometimes rendered as Neo-Classicism or Neo-classicism) is the name given to quite distinct movements in the decorative and He was considered the premier academic painter of his time in Rome. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2

Camuccini was born at Rome and first educated by his brother Pietro, a picture-restorer, and Borubelli, an engraver. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 He also received training with Domenico Corvi. Domenico Corvi (1721 - 1803 was a prominent Italian painter at the close of the 18th century active in an early Neoclassic style in Rome and surrounding sites Till nearly the age of thirty, he mainly dedicated himself to copying old masters. As an original painter, Camuccini belongs to the neoclassic school fostered in Rome by Anton Raphael Mengs. Neoclassicism (sometimes rendered as Neo-Classicism or Neo-classicism) is the name given to quite distinct movements in the decorative and Anton Raphael Mengs ( March 12, 1728 &ndash June 29, 1779) was an eminent German painter active in Rome Madrid and Saxony who became one Camuccini's first major independent work, completed aroung 1798, was a large canvas of the Death of Ceasar. This led to the assessment that Camuccini may have been influenced by David's classic Roman themes and style; but it is more likely both were emerging from the rising Neoclassic refocus towards images of and derived from Greco-Roman themes. Jacques-Louis David (August 30 1748 &ndash December 29 1825 was a highly influential French painter in the Neoclassical style considered to be

In 1800, he was commissioned an Incredulity of St. Thomas (copy of mosaic) by the Vatican. In 1806, Gaspare Landi received a commission for two large canvases for the chapel of the Madonna of the Rosary in the church of San Giovanni in Piacenza. Gaspare Landi ( 6 January, 1756 - 28 February, 1830) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassic period active in Rome Piacenza ( Placentia in Latin and old-fashioned English, Piasëinsa in the local dialect of Emiliano-Romagnolo) is a Ultimately, the commission wss split with Camuccini who painted a Presentation in the Temple. The canvases by the two artists were completed in the early spring of 1806, and were exhibited side by side at the Pantheon at Easter of that year. The Pantheon ( Latin Pantheon, from Greek Πάνθειον Pantheon, meaning "Temple of all the gods" is a building in Rome

A few years later, he was invited to Munich and Paris, the latter government had requested a painting on the Battle of Ratisbon, but he asked and obtain other topics. Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city In Paris, he met both Napoleon, David, as well as Perodet, Gros, Regnault, and M. Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. Gérard.

Of pictures on classic Greco-Roman history were :

• 1. Horatius Coeles.
  2. Romulus and Remus.
  3. Departure of Regulus for Carthage.
  4. Death of Virginia.
  5. Continence of Scipio.
  6. Death of Caesar.

He also painted :

• 1. Incredulity of St. Thomas reproduced in mosaic in St. Peter's at Rome. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2
  2. Presentation in the Temple for San Giovanni at Piacenza. Piacenza ( Placentia in Latin and old-fashioned English, Piasëinsa in the local dialect of Emiliano-Romagnolo) is a
  3. Death of the Magdalen.
  4. The Entombment painted for Charles IV of Spain. Charles IV ( November 11, 1748 - January 20, 1819) was King of Spain from December 14, 1788 until his abdication
  5. The Apparition of Christ in Limbo (1829)
  6. Conversion of St. Paul (1834) for the basilica of San Paolo fuori le Mura in Rome. The Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls or St Paul-without-the-Walls (Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura is one of four churches considered to be the great

He also painted a Betrothal of Psyche, and, jointly with Landi, he painted, in fresco, the ceiling of the Torlonia Palace.

As a portrait painter he attained considerable eminence; among the best he produced are those of Pope Pius VII (now in the Gallery at Vienna); the Comte de Blacas, Ambassador from France to the Holy See; the King of Naples; and the Queen of Naples; The Countess Sehouvaloff; and the Countess von Dietrichstein (1829). Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. Pierre Louis Jean Casimir de Blacas d'Aulps Duc and later Prince de Blacas d'Aulps ( January 10, 1771, Vérignon, Var, France – The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome, commonly known as the Pope, and is the preeminent Episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Naples ( Napoli, Neapolitan: Nàpule) is a historic City in southern Italy, the Capital of the Naples ( Napoli, Neapolitan: Nàpule) is a historic City in southern Italy, the Capital of the Several of his works were engraved by Bettelini, and some have been lithographed by Scudellari, and published under the title of I Fasti principali della Vita di Gesú Cristo, with text in Italian and French at Rome, in 1829. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Camuccini was appointed inspector-general of the Museums of the Pope, and of the Factory of Mosaics, and director of the Neapolitan Academy of Rome. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 He was a member of the Institute of France, during some years president of the Academy of St. Luke. Pope Pius VII conferred upon him the title of Baron, with hereditary succession, and the Emperor Francis I the order of the Iron Crown. He died at Rome in 1844. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2

He expended no small portion of his wealth in the purchase of a fine collection of objects of art. in 1856, the greater portion of the pictures, upwards of seventy in number, were purchased being bought by the duke of Northumberland, who removed them to Alnwick Castle. Algernon George Percy 6th Duke of Northumberland, KG, PC (20 May 1810&ndash2 January 1899 was a British Conservative Politician They consist principally of the works of the Italian masters living in the 16th and 17th centuries, with some specimens of an earlier date, and a few others of the Dutch and Flemish painters of the 17th century. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest He purchased a Raphael, known as 'Madonna of the Pinks'. The Madonna of the Pinks ( circa 1506-1507 Italian: La Madonna dei garofani) is an early devotional painting by the Italian Renaissance

In September 9, 1833, excavations at the Pantheon brought to light the tomb of Raphael, and Camuccini was commissioned to draw the archeologic discovery, which he did with religious precision, as if a new holy martyr, but this time for art, had been discovered. The Pantheon ( Latin Pantheon, from Greek Πάνθειον Pantheon, meaning "Temple of all the gods" is a building in Rome Raphael Sanzio, usually known by his first name alone (in Italian Raffaello) (April 6 or March 28 1483 – April 6 1520 was an Italian painter and

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