Name Tito Lessi | Died 1917, Florence, Italy | |
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Tito Lessi (1858 in Florence – 1917 in Florence) was an Italian painter.
Biography
Lessi was born in Florence, then became a resident of Paris. He studied at the Florentine Academy of Fine Arts under Enrico Pollastrini and Antonio Ciseri.
Lessi painted a watercolor titled: L' anticamera del Papa. Charles Sedelmeyer invited him to Paris, where he painted small canvases: The Testament; Le lever du Dauphine; L'Interrogatorio (The Interrogation); and Le Lùeur, exhibited at Paris. He painted an Interior of the Public Library at Florence (1889).
For the Editor Alinari of Florence, he made a hundred drawings for their edition of Deameron of Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375).
References
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