Cesare Dell’Acqua studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, and later with Louis Gallait, becoming a specialist in history painting. Dell’Acqua’s exciting oil on canvas of a Roman Chariot Race was created ten years after the publication of “Ben-Hur”, the novel that inspired more than one movie adaptation decades later.
Roman Chariot Race, c.1890, Oil on CanvasCesare Dell’Acqua Italian (1821 - 1905) |
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Cesare Dell’Acqua studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, and later with Louis Gallait, becoming a specialist in history painting. Dell’Acqua’s exciting oil on canvas of a Roman Chariot Race was created ten years after the publication of “Ben-Hur”, the novel that inspired more than one movie adaptation decades later. |
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