PALAGI, Pelagio

1775-1860 Italian painter, architect, designer and collector. At the age of 12 he began to frequent the house in Bologna of his patron Conte Carlo Filippo Aldrovandi Marescotti (1763-1823), whose collections and library provided his early artistic education and engendered his taste for collecting. From 1795 he worked on several decorative schemes with the theatre designer and decorator Antonio Basoli (1774-1848), and it was perhaps in theatre designs that Palagi was first exposed to an eclectic range of motifs from exotic cultures. He was influenced by the linear, mannered style of Felice Giani, with whom he frequented the important evening drawing sessions at the house of the engraver Francesco Rosaspina (1762-1841). Beginning in 1802, he participated in the informal Accademia della Pace, Bologna, as well as studying at the Accademia Clementina, and was elected to the Accademia Nazionale di Belle Arti of Bologna in 1803. Soon his draughtsmanship took on a bizarre, brooding style akin to that of Piranesi and such early Romantics as Luigi Sabatelli and Henry Fuseli. During this period he began designing funerary monuments, a type of commission that he continued to receive throughout his life. In 1805 he worked with Giani on the decorations of the Palazzo Aldini, Bologna.


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PALAGI, Pelagio Newton-s Discovery of the Refraction of Light oil


Newton-s Discovery of the Refraction of Light
Painting ID::  44059
Newton-s Discovery of the Refraction of Light
1827 Oil on canvas, 167 x 216 cm
1827_ Oil_on_canvas,_ 167_x_216_cm
   
   
     

PALAGI, Pelagio The Nuptials of Cupid and Psyche oil


The Nuptials of Cupid and Psyche
Painting ID::  44060
The Nuptials of Cupid and Psyche
1808 Oil on canvas, 254 x 188 cm
1808_ Oil_on_canvas,_ 254_x_188_cm
   
   
     

PALAGI, Pelagio Newton's Discovery of the Refraction of Light oil


Newton's Discovery of the Refraction of Light
Painting ID::  52515
Newton's Discovery of the Refraction of Light
1827 Oil on canvas, 167 x 216 cm
1827_Oil_on_canvas,_167_x_216_cm
   
   
     

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     PALAGI, Pelagio
     1775-1860 Italian painter, architect, designer and collector. At the age of 12 he began to frequent the house in Bologna of his patron Conte Carlo Filippo Aldrovandi Marescotti (1763-1823), whose collections and library provided his early artistic education and engendered his taste for collecting. From 1795 he worked on several decorative schemes with the theatre designer and decorator Antonio Basoli (1774-1848), and it was perhaps in theatre designs that Palagi was first exposed to an eclectic range of motifs from exotic cultures. He was influenced by the linear, mannered style of Felice Giani, with whom he frequented the important evening drawing sessions at the house of the engraver Francesco Rosaspina (1762-1841). Beginning in 1802, he participated in the informal Accademia della Pace, Bologna, as well as studying at the Accademia Clementina, and was elected to the Accademia Nazionale di Belle Arti of Bologna in 1803. Soon his draughtsmanship took on a bizarre, brooding style akin to that of Piranesi and such early Romantics as Luigi Sabatelli and Henry Fuseli. During this period he began designing funerary monuments, a type of commission that he continued to receive throughout his life. In 1805 he worked with Giani on the decorations of the Palazzo Aldini, Bologna.

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