Giuseppe Moricci | |
Birth Date: | 11 March 1806 |
Birth Place: | Florence |
Death Date: | 28 January 1879 |
Death Place: | Florence |
Nationality: | Italian |
Occupation: | Painter |
Giuseppe Moricci (11 March 1806 - 28 January 1879)[1] was an Italian painter, mainly of genre, vedute, and contemporary events.[2]
He was born in Florence. He became professor of the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence.[3] Among his works is the Processione dell'angiolino alla SS. Annunziata di Firenze. He frequented the Caffè Michelangiolo, alonge with Enrico Pollastrini.[4] Many of his vedute are drawings or engravings that show sections of Florence prior to Risanamiento. His Letter from the Volunteer (soldier) is displayed in the Senate building in Rome.[5]