Giuseppe De Sanctis

[1] As a result, contrary to the experience of many other aspiring artists, his family encouraged his desire to become a painter.

In 1872, he was enrolled at the Accademia di Belle Arti, where he studied with Domenico Morelli, Filippo Palizzi and Gioacchino Toma.

His painting "La preghiera della sera a Bisanzio" (Evening prayer at Byzantium) which won a silver medal in Palermo, was purchased in 1886 by King Umberto I.

[1] In 1901, he replaced his old mentor, Morelli, at the Accademia di Belle Arti, where he was later named a professor of etching and engraving.

During his later years, he painted mostly French subjects, although he also did a series of portraits of the Royal Family.