Luigi Sabatelli was an Italian

Italy

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 painter of the Neoclassic

Neoclassicism

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 period, active in Milan

Milan

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, Rome

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, and his native city of Florence

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He studied in his native city and in Rome. In 1808 he accepted a professorship of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts at Milan

Milan

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 and held the post until his death, except for a brief furlough between 1822 and 1825. His first important work in oils was the large picture representing the Meeting of David and Abigail, which now hangs opposite Benvenuti's Judith in the Lady Chapel of the cathedral at Arezzo

Arezzo Cathedral

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. Sabatelli's reputation rests on frescos (1822–1825) in the Hall of the Iliad

Iliad

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 at the Pitti Palace (the first room of the Picture Gallery), consisting of eight lunettes and a large circular medallion illustrating scenes from the Homeric poems.

His sons, Giuseppe

Giuseppe Sabatelli

Giuseppe Sabatelli was an Italian painter.Born at Milan, he first trained with his father, the prominent painter, Luigi Sabatelli. In 1834, he moved to Florence, where he became a professor in the Accademia di Belle Arti. He painted both historical subjects and portraits. He died at Florence...

 (1813–1843) and Francesco Sabatelli

Francesco Sabatelli

Francesco Sabatelli was an Italian painter.Born at Florence, he first trained with his father, the prominent Milanese painter, Luigi Sabatelli, then later in Rome and Venice. In 1823, he moved to Florence on the invitation of the government of Leopold II, and became a professor in the Accademia...

(1801–1829), were painters and professors of art in Florence.