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MUZZIOLI, GIOVANNI (1854-1894)

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 103 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MUZZIOLI, GIOVANNI (1854-1894) , See also:Italian painter, was See also:born in See also:Modena, whither his See also:family had removed from Castelvetro, on the loth of See also:February 1854. From the See also:time that he began to attend the See also:local See also:academy at the See also:age of thirteen he was recognized as a See also:prodigy, and four years later, by the unanimous See also:vote of the See also:judges, he gained the Poletti scholarship entitling him to four years' See also:residence in See also:Rome and See also:Florence. After his return to Modena, Muzzioli visited the See also:Paris See also:Exhibition, and there came under the See also:influence of See also:Sir L. See also:Alma Tadema. His first important picture was " In the See also:Temple of Bacchus " (1831); and his masterpiece, " The Funeral of See also:Britannicus," was one of the See also:chief successes of the See also:Bologna. Exhibition of 1888. From 1878 to his See also:death (See also:August 5, 1894) Muzzioli lived in Florence, where' he painted the See also:altar-piece for the See also:church of Castelvetro. See See also:History of See also:Modern Italian See also:Art, by A. R. See also:Willard (See also:London, 1898).

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