Narciso Malatesta

Narciso Malatesta (Venice, October 26, 1835 – Cilla Rometta near Sassuolo, September 26, 1896) was an Italian painter, active in Modena, mainly depicting historical and sacred subjects in a Realist style.

Biography
Narciso Malatesta, Portrait of Luigi Poletti, 1870, Museo Civico di Modena

He was the son of the painter Adeodato Malatesta. Narciso first studied at the Modenese Academy of Fine Arts. After studying in Modena, he traveled to Florence. In 1860, he married Adele Mari, daughter of a deputy to Parliament, Adriano Mari; their son, Baccio, would become director of the Gazzettino artistico letterario of Florence.[1] Among his works are Il Falconiere (Pinacoteca Brera, Milan); Il Numismatico (Academy of Fine Arts of Modena); Il Varchi che legge le Storie a Cosimo de' Medici (Galleria d'arte moderna, Florence); Carlo d' Angiò che visita lo studio di Cimabue; Dante che riceve Boccaccio; La moneta antica; La famiglia del disertore; L' aia di Mileto che ritrae Giulio Cesare; and La famiglia del saltimbanco. Malatesta was professor of design, photography, and topography at the Scuola militare of Modena.[2]

References
  1. Biographical entry in Treccani Encyclopedia by Anna Chiara Fontana, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 68 (2007).
  2. Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, Page 272.


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