Filippo Agricola, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Filippo Agricola

painter

Date of Birth: 12-Apr-1795

Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy

Date of Death: 02-Dec-1857

Profession: painter

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Filippo Agricola

  • Filippo Agricola (1776–1857) was an Italian painter of the 19th century, mainly active in Rome. He was born at Urbino but trained in the Accademia di San Luca in Rome.
  • He became that institution's president in 1843.
  • He also became director of the mosaic factory of the Vatican.
  • He worked mainly in Rome, painting for the churches of San Onofrio, San Giovanni in Laterano, and San Paolo fuori le Mura.
  • He died during the time he was at work in the latter.
  • He painted the portraits of the Crown Princess of Denmark (1822), and of the Countess Costanza Monti Perticari now found in the Galleria Nazionale d'arte Moderna in Rome.
  • Agricola also painted a portrait of Lt General Sir Gordon Drummond while Drummond was convalescing in Rome from a gunshot wound received in the War of 1812.

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