Vito D'Ancona

Vito D'Ancona (August 12, 1825 – January 9, 1884) was an Italian painter of the Macchiaioli group.

He began his artistic training in Florence, and in 1844 was admitted to the Accademia di Belle Arti, where he studied under Giuseppe Bezzuoli.

He became friends with Serafino De Tivoli, and joined him in painting landscapes en plein air.

D'Ancona achieved success as a portrait painter, and few of his landscape paintings can be traced today.

Collections holding works by Vito D'Ancona include the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome, and the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.