Felice Schiavoni

Felice Schiavoni (Trieste, 1803 -1868) was an Italian painter, depicting history, genre, and portraits. During his early career, he often collaborated with his father, the painter Natale Schiavoni.

Biography

Felice was first a pupil of his father, and he then studied at the Brera Academy at Milan, where he won a prize, and later at Venice and Vienna. He was awarded a prize and medal by Emperor Nicholas of Russia. Among his works are a Death of Raphael painted for Emperor Alexander II of Russia; a Miracle of St. Anthony of Padua and a Saints Simon Stock and Anthony of Padua for a church in Trieste; a Raphael and the Fornarina for the Tosi Gallery, Venice ; a Cupid for the Brera Gallery in Milan; a Christ bearing the Cross ; a Christ Asleep; a Torquato Tasso reading to Eleonora; a Repose in Egypt (1824); a Venus and Cupid (1832); a Madonna (1854) ; a Raphael painting the Fornarina (1861); and a Holy Family (1864). His daughters Carolina and Julia were also painters, the former of landscapes, the latter of history and portraits. His brother Giovanni (1804-48) was also painter of mythology and history.^[1][2]

References