Giuseppe Moricci

Giuseppe Moricci (11 March 1806 - 28 January 1879)[1] was an Italian painter, mainly of genre, vedute, and contemporary events.[2]

Giuseppe Moricci
Born11 March 1806
Florence
Died28 January 1879
Florence
NationalityItalian
OccupationPainter

Biography

He was born in Florence. He became professor of the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence.[3] Among his works is the Processione dell'angiolino alla SS. Annunziata di Firenze. He frequented the Caffè Michelangiolo, alonge with Enrico Pollastrini.[4] Many of his vedute are drawings or engravings that show sections of Florence prior to Risanamiento. His Letter from the Volunteer (soldier) is displayed in the Senate building in Rome.[5]

References
  1. National Library of Australia, citing book Giuseppe Moricci (1806-1879), with introduction by Carlo Del Bravo ; curated by Anna Giovannelli, from 1979 exhibition in Florence.
  2. Saltini, Guglielmo Enrico (1862). Le Arti Belle in Toscana da mezzo il Secolo XVIII ai di Nostri (book). Florence, Italy: Tipografia Le Monnier. p. 59.
  3. Commemoration by the Academy of Fine Arts after his death in 1879.
  4. Caricaturisti e caricaturati: al Caffé Michelangiolo, by Telemaco Signorini, page 13.
  5. Primo Senato Italia.
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