Title

E. Luigi Persico

Description

E. Luigi Persico studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli. Not much of his career took place in Italy, but he became a staple in the monument features of the American Capitol. Moving to the U.S. in 1815, he should have been set to help build up the Capitol after its destruction in 1814 after the British Burning of Washington. However, he spent the first years of his career in America in the cities of Baltimore and Lancaster.

Location

Naples

Abstract

E. Luigi Persico was born in Naples, Italy in 1791 and later studied at the local Accademia di Belle Arti. He moved to America in his youth to start his career in Baltimore in 1815. He helped to define the monument landscape of the United States Capitol later in his career. He would retire to his birth city of Naples, where he died in 1860.

Date Modified

1860/05/14

Relation

The Genius of America|91|War and Peace|93|The Discovery of America|95

birthday

1791

firstName

E. Luigi

lastName

Persico