ANDREA APPIANI (1754-1817)
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Originally appearing in Volume
V02,
Page 222
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:ANDREA See also:APPIANI (1754-1817)
, the best See also:fresco painter of his See also:age, was See also:born at See also:Milan
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He was made pensioned artist to the See also:kingdom of See also:Italy by See also:Napoleon, but lost his See also:allowance after the events of 1814 and See also:fell into poverty
.
See also:Correggio was his See also:model, and his best pieces, which are in the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of See also:Santa Maria presso See also:San Celso and the royal See also:palace at Milan, almost See also:rival those of his See also:great See also:master
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He also painted Napoleon and the See also:chief personages of his See also:court
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Among the most graceful of his oil-paintings are his " See also:Venus and Love," and " Rinaldo in the See also:Garden of Armida." He is known as " the See also:elder," to distinguish him from his great-See also:nephew See also:Andrea See also:Appiani (1817-1865), an See also:historical painter at See also:Rome
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Other painters of the same name were Niccolo Appiani (fl
.
1510) and See also:Francesco Appiani (1704-1792)
.
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