Pencil Drawing On Paper - Portrait Of Cesare Altoviti - Antonio Ciseri 1871-

Pencil drawing depicting a portrait of Cesare Altoviti, author Antonio Ciseri, signed on the left with the date July 6, 1871, original. In a wooden frame with glass - Original work - frame size 48 x 38 cm drawing size 39 cm x 26 cm

CISERI, Antonio

He was born in Ronco sopra Ascona, in Canton Ticino, on October 25, 1821. In 1833 he moved to Florence. C. was immediately placed to learn drawing privately with his first teacher, who was probably Emesto Buonaiuti, and always remained a stranger to the activity of the Florentine workshop of his father and paternal grandfather Francesco Antonio, descendants of a family with a long tradition of working in Florence in the field of interior decoration.
C.'s regular education began in 1834, when he was admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence. The complete affirmation occurs in the decade 186070 the gallery of characters that he had the opportunity to portray during this decade: from Cavour to Caterina and Domenico Bargagli, from Guerrazzi to Ottilia Peratoner and Anna Walter, from Foresi to Duprè, from Vittoria Altoviti Avila Toscanelli to Renato Fucini. Alongside more demanding paintings, C. continued his tireless activity as a portraitist (he executed a total number of portraits, often with the help of "business card" format photographs, which cannot be specified, but are certainly in the order of 300-350).

Cesare Altoviti

He was born on May 22, 1803. Although he
preferred to always live far from political troubles, he loved and loves his country warmly and
desired it free and independent; and therefore he
never refused his work when he judged it useful for the
good of his native country. Consequently he accepted the
rank of captain in the civic militia, in 1847,
for a long time he held the office of gonfaloniere
in the Community of Brozzi, and resided in the
provincial council of the Florentine compartment.