Silvestro Lega who was born in the Romagna, went to Florence in 1843
and studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti with Giuseppe Bezzuoli. From
1844 he studied at the studio of Luigi Mussini and together with other
students from the Academy, took part in the 1948 projects. Lega's early
works are typical of conventional Academy style. In 1951 he exhibited at
the Academy with the painting Velleda taken from Martiri Cristiani
di Chateaubriand (Christian Martyrs of Chateaubriand), in 1852 he won
the Academy triennial competition with David che placa Saul al suono
della cetra (David pacifies Saul with the music of the zither). In 1854
he began to meet up with the artists who frequented Caf
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