Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1901 — Domenico Morelli. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Domenico Morelli.

Domenico Morelli, the celebrated Italian painter who died in Naples last

week, had a political as well as an artistic career. He was born at Naples tn 1826, and took up arms against King Ferdinand in 1848. He did not begin his studies as a painter until 1854, and then he was the temporary pupil of Guerra. Morelli won medals in 1861 at the Neapolitan exhibition, and in 1867 he was awarded a gold medal at the exposition in Paris. The late King of Italy decorated him with .several orderg and he was highly honored in his own country. Among his best works are “Christ Walking on the Sea,” “The Ascension," “The Nativity,” “The Entombment,” and other paintings illustrative of the life of Jesus. His best known historical painting Is “Caesare Borgia at Capua.” Morelli was highly admired by the French critics.

DOMENICO MORELLI.