Amos Cassioli

Amos Cassioli (1832–1891) was a nineteenth-century Italian painter.

Cassioli was born in Asciano in 1832. After studying at the Sienese Accademia di belle arti under Luigi Mussini, a bursary from Grand Duke Ferdinand IV of Tuscany, enabled him to study in Rome. At the end of 1860 he established himself in Florence which, although he maintained his links with Siena, became his permanent home.

Regarded as an excellent portraitist, Cassioli is also noted for his large-scale history paintings which include the "Battaglia di Legnano" (1860-1870, Florence, Galleria di arte moderna, Palazzo Pitti) and "Il giuramento di Pontida" (1884, Siena, Palazzo Pubblico). Between 1884 and 1886 he executed frescoes in the Sala del Risorgimento of the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena depicting the battles of San Martino and Palestro.

He was known also for paintings on classical subjects; many of these, following a 1991 bequest, are conserved in the Museo Cassioli of his native town Asciano.

Amos Cassioli died in Florence in 1891.

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