Fedor Antonovitch Bruni

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Fedor Antonovitch Bruni (1801-1874) was a Russian painter, the son of Italian parents domiciled in Russia. He studied at Rome, but returned to St. Petersburg, where he eventually became director of the Academy of Fine Arts. His principal works are The Death of Camilla , Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, The Brazen Serpent, and various figures in the cathedral of St. Isaac. From 1866 till his death, he superintended the School of Mosaics at St. Petersburg.

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• Bryan, Michael (1886). in Robert Edmund Graves: Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume I: A-K). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons, page 191.