Fyodor Antonovich Bruni (June 10, 1799, Milan

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 - August 30 (N.S. September 11), 1875, Saint Petersburg

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n painter of Italian

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 descent.

Fyodor Bruni studied in Rome

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, but returned to Saint Petersburg, where he eventually became director of the Academy of Fine Arts. His principal works are The Death of Camilla , Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, The Brazen Serpent, and various figures in the Cathedral of St. Isaac. From 1866 till his death, he superintended the School of Mosaics at Saint Petersburg.