- Filippo Agricola
Filippo Agricola (1776-1857) was an Italian painter of the 19th century, mainly active in
Rome .He was born at
Urbino but trained in theAccademia di San Luca in Rome. He became that institution's president in 1843. He also became director of the mosaic factory of the Vatican. He worked mainly in Rome, painting for the churches ofSan Onofrio ,San Giovanni in Laterano , andSan Paolo fuori le Mura . He died during the time he was at work in the latter. He painted the portraits of the "Crown Princess of Denmark" (1822), and of the "Countess Costanza Monti Perticari" now found in the Galleria Nazionale d'arte Moderna in Rome.References
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