Filippo Marsigli

The following year, he was a candidate for the chair of historical painting at the Academy, but the position went to the French-born artist, Joseph Franque.

[2] In the early 1830s, he began to produce decorative frescoes; notably, in 1836, a Resurrection of Christ for the church at the Camposanto Nuovo (New Cemetery).

In 1841 he worked with Camillo Guerra, Gennaro Maldarelli, and Giuseppe Cammarano; decorating the ceilings in the rooms of the Royal Palace of Naples.

He completed the Sala d’Amore, which is now the reading hall in the National library, with four oval scenes of Cupid and the Horae.

[1] Upon returning to Naples, he was named a Professor Emeritus at the Academy, a title which provided him with a modest annual pension.