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Andrea Gastaldi (April 18, 1826 – May 3, 1889) was an Italian painter, mainly painting historical canvases and portraits. ==Biography== Gastaldi was born and died in Turin. He studied at the Accademia Albertina under Michele Cusa, Giovan Battista Biscarra, and Carlo Arienti. He then traveled to Florence and Rome during 1850-1851 and 1853-1859; and even spent some time in Paris studying in the studio of the famed history painter Thomas Couture. He met also Paul Delaroche.〔(Treccani Encyclopedia ), short biography.〕 In 1860 at the Promotrice of Turin, with the painting of ''Pietro Micca'', he won the institute award funded by Marchese Di Breme, and was nominated to be professor of painting at the Albertina. Among his other works depicting historical or literary subjects is ''The Prisoner of Chillon'' (1854, Promotrice at Turin). This work is based on a poem by Lord Byron and was made into an acquaforte engraving by Alberto Maso Gilli in 1864 in an Album of the Promotrice. Other works include: ''Gerolamo Savonarola in jail'' (1856); ''Innominato'' (1860); and ''Atala'' (1862). The latter is the half-Christian and half-Seminole maiden at the center of a Romantic style novel by the French author Chateaubriand, and which culminates in her chaste suicide. A number of other painters including Girodet, Luis Monroy, and Rodolpho Amoedo also depicted this subject. Gastaldi made two versions of the painting ''Sogno di Parisina'' (including the 1852 version at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, and a second 1867 version in Turin). The tragic story of Parisina was popularized by writers including Matteo Bandello, Lope de Vega, and in 1816, Lord Byron. In the last version, the Duke of Ferrara ascertains his wife's infidelity, when she mentions her lover's name during sleep. The enraged Duke contracts the murder of the lover, who happens to be his bastard son; he has the assassins do so in front of the Duke's wife.〔(''Pittura e scultura in Piemonte 1842-1891: Catalogo cronografico illustrato della Esposizione Retrospettiva 1892.'' ), A. Stella, Stamperia Reale della ditta G.B. Paravia e Compagnia. Turin, 1893, page 195-199.〕 Bartolomeo Giuliano also painted the same subject in 1861 and 1863 (Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Turin).〔(Arte Piemonte ) short biography.〕 Gastaldi's wife, Léonie Lescuyer-Gastaldi, was also a painter, who had trained with Rosa Bonheur.〔A. Stella, page 199〕 Gastaldi's brother became archbishop of Turin. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andrea Gastaldi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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