Date 1864
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 89 X 50.5 cm (35.04 X 19.88 in)
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71117
Die bussende Magdalena
1864
Oil on canvas
89 x 50.5 cm (35.04 x 19.88 in)
96625
Pieta Attributed To Antonio Ciseri
Oil on Canvas.
Date 19th century
cyf
81966
Pieta. Attributed To Antonio Ciseri
Pieta. Attributed To Antonio Ciseri. Oil on Canvas.
Date 19th century
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Antonio Ciseri
(October 25, 1821 ?C March 8, 1891) was a Swiss painter of religious subjects.
Ciseri was born in Ronco sopra Ascona in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. In 1833 he moved with his father to Florence. He was admitted in 1834 to the Accademia di Belle Arti, where he trained under Niccola Benvenuti. In 1849, he began offering instruction to young painters, and eventually ran a private art school. Among his earliest students was Silvestro Lega.[1]
Ciseri's religious paintings are Raphaelesque in their compositional outlines and their polished surfaces, but are nearly photographic in effect. He fulfilled many important commissions from churches in Italy and Switzerland. Ciseri also painted a significant number of portraits. He died in Florence on March 8, 1891.
