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Enrico Pestellini (1838 – 1916) was an Italian painter, active in Florence, Tuscany.

Biography

It is unclear where he trained, but he worked alongside the sculptor Odoardo Fantacchiotti. He was a friend of the Macchiaioli, and had a studio on via Panicale in Florence. He painted both portraits and intimate subjects. Including paintings titled La trecciaiuola. In 1880, at the Esposiziono Donatello of Florence, he exhibited a portrait. In 1886, he exhibited in Livorno a half-figure portrait, and other works, including an organ curtain (sipario) titled Regina angelorum, ora pro nobis. In 1887, in Venice he exhibited La sorella maggiore.

References

1. Istituto Matteucci entry.
2. Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 369-370.

• 1838 births
• 1916 deaths
• Artists from the Grand Duchy of Tuscany
• 19th-century Italian painters
• 20th-century Italian painters
• Italian male painters
• Painters from Florence
• 19th-century Italian male artists
• 20th-century Italian male artists