Giuseppe Mancinelli

With their support, at the age of twelve, he was able to enroll at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Naples, where his primary instructor was Costanzo Angelini.

[1] Although he focused on Renaissance art, he also made contact with the practitioners of contemporary styles, including the German immigrant artists of the Nazarene movement and the adherents of Purismo.

His well-known students included Francesco Coppola Castaldo, Cesare Uva, Giuseppe De Nigris and Angelo Maria Mazzia, as well as his own son, Gustavo.

He also continued to paint and, in 1854, created theatre curtains for the Teatro di San Carlo, depicting Homer being honored by muses, poets and musicians.

[3] After 1860, due to the decrease of interest in historical paintings, he handed over his teaching duties to Domenico Morelli; focusing on religious and devotional subjects.