Francesco Sabatelli

February 22, 1803 (age 27)

In 1823, he moved to Florence on the invitation of the government of Leopold II, and became a professor in the Accademia di Belle Arti. Among his works were Pier Capponi che lacera i turpi capitoli, Joseph sold by brothers at the cistern of Dothai, and Creation of the Soul. When Leopoldo Medici saw the work, he awarded a stipend for Francesco to study in Rome and Venice Francesco went to paint a lunnette in the hall where his father had worked, painting Hector che arsa una nave greca e cosi adempiuto il decreto dei fati, viene da Aiace Talamonio costretto a indietreggiare. In Venice he made a copy of Titian"s Assumption of the Virgin. He died while painting Ajax the lesser tries to save himself from the storm, and spiteful of the gods, dies in his arms of his father Oileus. He died at Milan.

Francesco Sabatelli

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Background

Born at Florence, he first trained with his father, the Milanese painter Luigi Sabatelli, then later in Rome and Venice.

Career

In 1823, he moved to Florence on the invitation of the government of Leopold II, and became a professor in the Accademia di Belle Arti. Among his works were Pier Capponi che lacera i turpi capitoli, Joseph sold by brothers at the cistern of Dothai, and Creation of the Soul. When Leopoldo Medici saw the work, he awarded a stipend for Francesco to study in Rome and Venice

Francesco went to paint a lunnette in the hall where his father had worked, painting Hector che arsa una nave greca e cosi adempiuto il decreto dei fati, viene da Aiace Talamonio costretto a indietreggiare.

In Venice he made a copy of Titian"s Assumption of the Virgin.

He died while painting Ajax the lesser tries to save himself from the storm, and spiteful of the gods, dies in his arms of his father Oileus. He died at Milan.

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