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Il monsignore disse: "Quel ritratto lì ora è un'indegnità; per amor del
Pontefice, togliete quella testa!" "No, non posso! Monsignore, senta: Giuda ha tradito Cristo, eppure nella famosa Cena degli Apostoli nessuno ha mai preteso che Giuda non venisse rappresentato!" L'argomento parve così stringente
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The monsignor said, "That picture there is now an indignity, for the Pope's sake, remove that face!" "No, I can not
Monsignor, remember that while Judas betrayed Christ, in the representations of the Last Supper, no one has ever required that he not be represented!" The argument was compelling enough
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Francesco
Podesti died in Rome in 1896. One hundred years after his death, a retrospective exhibition was held in his native Ancona, gathering about a hundred works from all over Italy. The exhibition was an opportunity for new studies on Podesti, his works and the nineteenth-century Italian
42:, he is considered one of the greatest Italian painters of the first half of the 19th century. He was prolific in his large canvases on historical subjects. He is best known for his fresco work, including those in the Hall of the Immacolata in the
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the building was demolished; some frescoes were saved by tearing, others were auctioned off and others are still preserved, only as cartoons. Before destruction, works in the palace were photographed. The Museum of Rome at
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In 1851 the municipality of Ancona asked
Podesti for a painting to be placed in the Council Chamber. The artist chose an episode during the 1174 siege of Ancona by the Austrian
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He dedicated himself to the execution of a series of portraits of nobles and cardinals
Lombard and Roman. He then moved into a large studio where he worked until 1869.
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Zampetti - "Pittura nelle Marche" - Nardini editore - Firenze e "Francesco Podesti", a cura di Michele Polverari - Electa - Milano, 1996
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in his studio, with la
Fornarina as a model, and monsignor Bembo and Bussolante in the studio. Also for the casa Busca, he frescoed casa the
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in Rome; this was partly subsidized by the
Marquis Bourbon of Monte Santa Maria and by the city of Ancona. In Rome, he became a pupil of
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of the dome of the church of the
Blessed Sacrament in Ancona. In 1883 he was still exhibiting at expositions. He died in Rome.
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painting. The Civic Art
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to a family of modest means; his father Joseph, was a tailor. He began studies of in
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Torquato Tasso reads his poem at the Ferrara court. Painting in the Palazzo Tosio,
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Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti
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Portrait of the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning with her young son Robert
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served as a mentor and also helped him financially. In Rome, he also met
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St. Mattew the Evangelist - Ancona, Church of Blessed Sacrament (fresco)
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St. Mark the Evangelist - Ancona, Church of Blessed Sacrament (fresco)
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Leonardo presents his thoughts on the Last Supper to Ludovico il Moro
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The Triumph of Venus, Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna, Rome
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Henry II blesses the marriage of Emanuale Filiberto of Savoy
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al prelato, che più non fiatò. Francesco Podesti in his
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Tasso che legge la sua Gerusalemme alla Corte di Ferrara
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in Ancona, where it is still located. The work merges
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Il giuramento degli Anconitani di Francesco Podesti
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233:Commissioned by the House of Savoy, he painted
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175:He painted a series of scenes of the
846:Francesco Podesti Civic Art Gallery
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637:Basilica di San Paolo fuori le mura
575:Pinacoteca civica Francesco Podesti
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607:The Judgment of Solomon
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