Dictionary of Artists

 

To meet the requirement of scholars, art dealers, collectors or simple amateurs of having a quick and effective tool at their disposal to satisfy the various exigencies connected with the world of art, first of all the in-depth analysis of the work of painters, sculptors, engravers, photographers, etc., the "Dictionary of artists" puts itself up as an annotated list of names, sometimes accompanied, if marked by an asterisk, by a biography and by some signature examples.

Each artist is matched with a series of index cards regarding the works registered in the Data Bank of the Matteucci Institute, which can be issued on request.

The biographies are taken from the Dizionario degli artisti edited by Cristina Bonagura, integral part of the work Pittori & pittura dell'Ottocento italiano (1996-1997), coordinated by Giuliano Matteucci with the cooperation of Paul Nicholls and realized by the Redazioni Grandi Opere of the "Istituto Geografico De Agostini", to whom the Matteucci Institute expresses its sincere thanks for authorizing the circulation of the texts on line.

 

Costa Gerolamo*

COSTA GEROLAMO
Genova 1777 ca. - ?
Di questo artista, iscritto all'Accademia Ligustica dal 1791 al 1793 e definito dalle fonti ottocentesche «pittore coscienzioso, accurato, non indegno di lode», si conosce un solo dipinto, conservato presso la Ligustica: Erminia cura Tancredi con le erbe (1809), testimone di un Neoclassicismo già volto verso una poetica romantica. Ancora attivo nel 1830 come incisore e ritrattista, potrebbe essere anche riconosciuto come autore dell’opera Anfitrite, comparsa nel 1850 e nel 1851 alla Promotrice.
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