About Angelo Visconti
Lived 1829 – 1861 (aged 31–32). Angelo Visconti was an Italian painter.
Angelo Viscónti (1829–1861) was an Italian painter, mainly depicting turbulent scenes including historic and sacred subjects.
He was born in Siena and trained under Luigi Mussini. In 1854-1855, he won a traveling stipend along with Amos Cassioli. He moved to live with Cassioli in Rome in 1858. He suffered an epileptic convulsion while in the Tiber River in Rome, and drowned.
Some of his last works, including the large canvases of Massacre of the Innocents and The Captive Levite are on display at the Museo Cassioli in Asciano.
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Who was Angelo Visconti?
Italian painter (1829-1861)
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Angelo Visconti was born in 1829 in Siena.
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Angelo Visconti died on 4 August 1861 in Rome.
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Angelo Visconti was a painter.
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Angelo Visconti was Italian.
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