Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle

Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle

Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle (January 22, 1820 – October 31, 1897) was an Italian writer and art critic.

Cavalcaselle was born in Legnago, northern Italy. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. Cavalcaselle participated in the Revolution of 1848 and lived in England for several years. There he published, together with Joseph A. Crowe, their first joint work, "Early Flemish Painters" (1856), later followed by the "History of Painting in Italy" (3 vol., 1864-1866). Other important works by Crowe and Cavalcaselle are "The Life of Titian" (London, 1876), and "The Life of Raphael" (London, 1883). He returned to Italy in 1857to become the chief of the art department under the Minister of Public Instruction in Rome. He was subsequently inspector of the National Museum in Florence.


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