Bernardo Celentano

Bernardo Celentano (23 February 1835 – 28 July 1863) was an Italian painter of the 19th century, who painted historical themes in the style of Realism.

He was a colleague of Domenico Morelli and Filippo Palizzi, two other Realist painters.

Among his two major paintings are Tasso, Starting to show Madness at Bisaccia and The Council of Ten (Il Consiglio di Dieci).

His friend, Guglielmo de Sanctis published an essay of the last days of his life, and mentions that the painters Cesare Fracassini and Paolo Mei, as well as himself, were by his bedside at the time of his demise.

[1] The precocious death of such a talent was a cause of great distress among fellow artists.