Napoleone Verga

Napoleone Verga (Perugia, February 1833 − Nice, 1916[1]) was an Italian painter, mainly of illuminated manuscripts, but also of paintings.

In 1861, Verga was nominated professor of design at the Scuole Normali for men and the parallel School for women of Perugia.

The same engineer commissioned from Verga two works, one of them a triptych with images, awarded a medal at the 1879 Exposition regionale at Perugia.

Verga painted decorations in Casa Vicarelli at Perugia, depicting episodes in the war of Independence of 1859−1860.

[2] The 22×37 cm canvases depict: Verga was nominated honorary member of diverse Italian Academies of Fine Arts, including Perugia, Milan, Urbino, and of the Accademia Properziana of Assisi.