Raffaello Sorbi
(1844 - 1931)

 

Raffaello Sorbi was an Italian painter, specializing in narrative painting. As a young man, he studied design in the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Florence; then painting under professor Antonio Ciseri. By 18 years, he had completed his first major work: Corso Donati mortally wounded is transported by Monks of San Salvi to their Abbey (see gallery).[2] The painting won an award at the Florentine Triennale contest of 1861. He completed commissions for patrons in America and England. In 1863, he won a contest in Rome with the essay piece Savonarola explains the Bible to some friends in the Convent of San Marco.

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A game of bowls with XVIII century clothes
1889
Oil on canvas
129.5 × 200.7 cm
Salamon Gallery - Biennale Internazionale dell'Antiquariato di Firenze, Italy