Giulio Cesare Arrivabene
{{Short description|Italian painter (1806–1896)}}
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Giulio Cesare Arrivabene (1806, Mantua – 1896, Florence[http://www.istitutomatteucci.it/it/dizionario-degli-artisti/arrivabene-giulio-cesare Istituto Matteucci] Biography.) was an Italian painter, active initially in a neoclassical style, mainly painting historic and religious canvases. He also was active as a portraitist.
Life and work
He trained under Luigi Sabatelli at the Brera Academy. In 1833, as a student, he produced a sketch titled Haman Kneels Before Esther . In 1845, he participated in the decoration of the Palazzo Torlonia in Rome. He painted a Il divorzio di Enrico VIII (The Divorce of Henry VIII) for the Marchese Ala Ponzone of Milan; and a Cola di Rienzo and Italy at the foot of the Virgin (exhibited in 1850 at Turin). In 1841, he was commissioned by the Savoy Royal family to create a painting depicting the Reconsecration of the Hautecombe Abbey for the Castello di Racconigi.
After 1853, he moved to Florence, and obtained many commissions from the aristocracy. He painted a Henry IV at Canossa (Accademia Nazionale Virgiliana, Mantua), Apotheosis of San Leonardo (Apse of church of San Leonardo, Mantua), and Imelda de' Lambertazzi (exhibited in 1870 at Parma). His works also include Jesus among the Doctors (church of Sant'Egidio (Mantua)) and St Anthony of Padua scolds Ezzelino da Romano (1846, Sant'Andrea, Mantua).[http://www.museodarcomantova.it/sito/pittori-xix-secolo/giulio-cesare-arrivabene.html Fondazione D'Arco Museum] biography. The parish church of Sustinente, dedicated to San Michele Arcangelo, has a St Michael Archangel and a St Lucia and Filomena by him.[http://www.comune.sustinente.mn.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=6&id=33&Itemid=47 Sustinente] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070910185416/http://www.comune.sustinente.mn.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=6&id=33&Itemid=47 |date=2007-09-10 }} town website on Arrivabene.
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External links
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- [https://www.galleriarecta.it/autore/arrivabene-giulio-cesare/ Brief biography] @ the Galleria Recta
- [https://catalogo.beniculturali.it/Agent/582ddee9773ea9cc02105d00190e7483 Works by Arrivabene] @ the Catalogo Generale dei Beni Culturale
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Category:19th-century Italian painters
Category:Italian male painters
Category:19th-century Italian sculptors
Category:Italian male sculptors
Category:19th-century Italian male artists
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