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GALLERY OF ILLUSTRIOUS ITALIAN WOMEN. 23...
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Ii.—Female Aetists. By An" Itaxi-Ajst.
Giovanni Do , a painter much praised by Spagnoletto , whose G sty uido le lie R followed eniand , her and first niece initiator of Pacecco into d the i Rosa mysteries , a follower of art of .
, Aniella soon succeeded in giving * to her pictures the grace , the soft the and elegance transparent of her coloring uncle ' of s s Pacecco tlewith , and the in correct uniting drawing in her 1 and heads the
able and s g h roup e ac ing hieve of d h Stanzioni er task so , who y we , ll , firs tha t t set her her master to color often his sold sketches as his ,
own , their joint productions . When her education Was sufficiently advanced she desired that her talent should be put to a public tost ,
and her master induced the governors of the Church of the Pieta were dei Aniella Turchini to adorn produced to the give ceiling two her paintings 1 . the commission so excellent for two that painting many 's declare , which d
, they were completed by Stanzioni * But Dominici writes , " I can onlthat I have seen several of Amelia ' s original picturesthey
are y mos say t beautiful productions , and so well did she invariably , draw and paint , that her master himself avows in his writings that slie
equalled the best masters of our time , he thinks her decidedly ing a su b perior ove the Birth to Mariang tioned of the ; t iola he Virg second Criscuolo in , may , representing . be " ( seen 35 ) One at the her of the entrance Dea p t i ct , ures han of , g the r epresen near church the t-
altar . The figures are larger than life , and the boldness of design , h th e effec drawn ts of for li th ght praise and sh from ade , two and the distinguished management artists of the Francesco drapery ,
, Solimene and Luca Giordano , who say that Aniella alone might suffice to teach many artists , and to honor her country . The
the order Apparition Desert , surrounde are of the amon d Virg by her in a and cloud best Child works of Angel to . some The s , and first Saint John is s in in the the the Benedictine Benedictine Baptist in
Ang " monastery that ioli by , " painted , in Nap thi with les s g , work the such second has freshness been in the attributed of coloring church to , " of writes other S . Maria Dominici artists deg of li ,
greater fame many . " He also mentions several heads of the Madonna in his own possession done by Aniella in red chalk , which , in his
judgment , are equal in drawing to the works of the most renowned artists .
Neapolitan she From became the youth earliest acquainted . Very days with when soon he Agostino Aniella became frequented Beltramo enamoured united , Stanzioni a of to hi the the gh beautiful 's sp _atudio irited
his girl earl , and efforts his frank manners of his becoming and noble a bearing good artist , , were a passport promise to Amelia Stanzioni y ' s heart exerted , gave his his love good - was offices accepted in behalf , and of they the were lover betrothed sand the .
, their similarity consent union of of their to tastes become parents and the ideas was admiration , their gained mutual of for all labors their , and marriage the in art envy , etc . of ., A caused many rare .
( 35 ) Yite dei Pittori , Soultori e Arohitetti _Napolitani . Tom . III ., p . 260 ,
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Gallery Of Illustrious Italian Women. 23...
GALLERY OF ILLUSTRIOUS ITALIAN WOMEN . 235
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1858, page 235, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121858/page/19/
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