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Ludovico Seitz, or Ludwig Seitz (11 June 1844, Rome - 11 September 1908, Albano Laziale) was an Italian painter of German ancestry, who served as Director of the Vatican Galleries.

Ludovico Seitz (1899)
Ludovico Seitz (1899)
Christ, at Sant'Ivo dei Bretoni
Christ, at Sant'Ivo dei Bretoni

Life and work


His father was the painter, Alexander Maximilian Seitz, a member of the Nazarene movement; originally from Munich. His mother, Gertrud née Platner, was the daughter of the painter and diplomat, Ernst Zacharias Platner.[1] King Ludwig I was his godfather.[2]

He initially studied art with his father, then with Friedrich Overbeck and, later, from Peter von Cornelius. In 1887, he became an Inspector (curator) at the Vatican Galleries, and was promoted to Director in 1894. He belonged to several Catholic artists' associations and produced numerous religious frescoes, mostly in Nazarene style, but also with hints of Historicism.

Perhaps his best known works are ceiling frescoes, commissioned by Pope Leo XIII, in the "Gallery of Candelabras" at the Apostolic Palace, which is npw a part of the Vatican Museums. He also created paintings at Sant'Ivo dei Bretoni, a French church, and the chapel at the Basilica della Santa Casa. Together with his father, he painted murals at Đakovo Cathedral in Croatia.[3]

Santa Maria dell’Anima, the German national church, has works by Seitz in the chapel dedicated to saints John of Nepomuk and Jan Sarkander, as well in the ceiling of the nave.

His students included the Bavarian church painter, Kaspar Schleibner, and the Belgian artist, Jozef Janssens, who also created religious works. His successor at the Galleries was the Italian painter and art historian, Pietro D’Achiardi.


References


  1. Giovanni Milanese: Die Wandmalereien von Prof. Ludwig Seitz in der deutschen Kapelle der Basilika zu Loreto,. Benziger Verlag, Einsiedeln, 1909, pg.75; (Google Books)
  2. Adolf Smitmans: Die christliche Malerei im Ausgang des 19. Jahrhunderts: Theorie u. Kritik, 1980, pgs.170, 274, ISBN 3-88345-401-X; (Google Books)
  3. Dragan Damjanovic, "Nacionalne ideologije i umjetnost u 19. stoljeću na primjeru fresaka u apsidama đakovačke katedrale (National Ideologies and 19th Century Art on the Example of Frescoes in the Đakovo Cathedral Apses)", Društvena istraživanja (Social Research - Journal for General Social Issues), Vol. 18, Nr. 3 (101); pages 461-478 (in German)

Further reading




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На других языках

[de] Ludwig Seitz (Maler)

Ludwig Seitz, auch Ludovico Seitz (* 11. Juni 1844 in Rom; † 11. September 1908 in Albano Laziale) war ein italienischer Kunstmaler deutscher Abstammung und Direktor der Vatikanischen Galerien.
- [en] Ludovico Seitz

[fr] Ludovico Seitz

Ludovico Seitz (Rome, 11 juin 1844 - 11 septembre 1908), nommé également Ludwig Seitz, est un peintre italien d'origine allemande[1].

[it] Ludovico Seitz

Ludovico Seitz (Roma, 11 giugno 1844 – Albano, 18 gennaio 1908) è stato un pittore italiano di genitori tedeschi.

[ru] Зайтц, Людвиг

Людвиг Зайтц (нем. Ludwig Seitz, итал. Ludovico Seitz; 1844—1908) — итальянский исторический живописец немецкого происхождения.


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