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Luigi Persico (1791 Naples - 14 May 1860 Marseille) was an Italian neoclassical painter and sculptor. ==Biography== Born in Naples, Luigi Persico studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, then headed by the French painter Jean-Baptiste Wicar . He moved to the United States of America in 1815 3, where he was soon joined by his brother Gennaro, an art teacher. After living some time in Baltimore, he lived between 1817 and 1824 in Lancaster, where he designed and painted portraits (including posthumous, of General Edward Hand). During this period, he also works in Harrisburg, where he participated in sculptural decoration of the Capitol Hills, and, after 1818, in Philadelphia, where he sculpted the bust of Dr. Nathaniel Chapman. After 1824, he settled in Washington, where he became famous for his bust of Lafayette (1825), directed at the latter's triumphal visit to the United States.〔(LCP Art & Artifacts )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Luigi Persico」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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