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Silvestro Lega

Italian painter (1826-1895)
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Silvestro Lega
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Facts

27 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
December 8, 1826
Date of death
September 21, 1895, November 21, 1895[6]
Place of birth
Modigliana
Place of death
Florence
Country of citizenship
Kingdom of Italy[7]
Occupation
painter
Field of work
painting[8]
Educated at
Academy of Fine Arts, Florence[9]
Notable work
After Lunch, The painter Tommasi painting in the garden[10][11]
Sibling
Ettore Lega[31]
Cause of death
stomach cancer[15]
Student of
Benedetto Servolini, Tommaso Gazzarini, Giuseppe Bezzuoli, Enrico Pollastrini, Luigi Mussini, Franz Adolf von Stürler, Antonio Ciseri[18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Italian[29]
Artist files at
Frick Art Research Library
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired
Depicted by
Self-portrait[26]
Described by source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), BEIC Digital Library[27][28]
Family name
Lega[16]
Given name
Silvestro[17]
Has works in the collection
Galleria d'arte moderna, Pinacoteca di Brera, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Uffizi Gallery, Galleria d’arte moderna Achille Forti, Pinacoteca Civica di Arte Moderna (Modigliana), Galleria dell'Accademia e Musei del Bargello[33][34]
Influenced by
Francesco Filippini[12]
Manner of death
natural causes[25]
Show all 27 facts +3
Movement
realism[14]
Name in native language
Silvestro Lega[30]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library[32]
🏷️ Also known as
en Silvestro Lega he סילבסטרו לגה ja シルヴェストロ・レーガ ko 실베스트로 레가 ru Лега, Сильвестро ru Сильвестро Лега zh 希爾維斯特羅·萊加
🔖 Identifiers · 72
ISNI
0000000083429902
VIAF cluster ID
37717161
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n79043238
GND ID
119001683
AbART person ID
118394
American Academy in Rome ID
12379040
Art Renewal Center artist ID
1679
Artcyclopedia artist ID
lega_silvestro
Artist-info artist ID
281949
Artnet artist ID
silvestro-lega
Artsy artist ID
silvestro-lega
AskArt person ID
11048068
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Athenaeum person ID
2036
Benezit ID
B00106720
Berardi Arte artist ID
silvestro-lega
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12648981j
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
lega-silvestro
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp02267016
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11264766
Christie's creator ID
32019
CiNii Research ID
1140845216720291840
DDB person (GND) ID
119001683
De Agostini ID
Léga,+Silvèstro
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
119001683
Dizionario degli artisti ID
lega-silvestro
DoME artist ID
8748
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
143043
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Silvestro-Lega
Europeana entity
agent/base/161141
FAST ID
34075
Freebase ID
/m/0b0rwb
Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID
991004899229707141
Galleria Recta artist ID
lega-silvestro
Geni profile ID
6000000141111990924
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
silvestro-lega
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0036825
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Silvestro_Lega
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2136320
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
lega-sil-vestro-346802
Grove Art Online ID
T050056
ICCD agent ID
5a848a7c3434f1dee0572dae8604f047, 96bbc50af3ad714ce651b15d52d771ed
IdRef ID
050563025
Invaluable.com person ID
03k7k6v1jq
J9U entity ID
987007427343605171
L'Unificazione ID
silvestro-lega
Lex ID
Silvestro_Lega
LombardiaBeniCulturali artwork author ID
37739
MART catalog person ID
17463
Musée d'Orsay artist or personality ID
32856
MutualArt artist ID
4845C15D98650F4C
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA17787832
NUKAT ID
n2008107450
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX4995723
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070660875
Open Library ID
OL509967A
Parsifal cluster ID
871648
RERO ID (legacy)
A003508388
RKDartists ID
254148
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
67279
SBN author ID
RAVV013360
SHARE Catalogue author ID
217192
SNAC ARK ID
w6k36f8c
Treccani ID
silvestro-lega
Treccani's Biographical Dictionary of Italian People ID
silvestro-lega
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
silvestro-lega
Union List of Artist Names ID
500010314
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID
203784, 274876
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/143609
Web Gallery of Art artist ID
l/lega
WikiArt ID
silvestro-lega
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJfmrpwhWp8TPrvkhrGPwC
Yale LUX ID
person/efe6150b-d643-4765-8a6f-12a3984508c3

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🔗 Connections
Student of 4
Antonio Ciseri, Luigi Mussini, Giuseppe Bezzuoli, Enrico Pollastrini
Has works in the collection 3
Uffizi Gallery, Pinacoteca di Brera, Galleria d’arte moderna Achille Forti
Cause of death 1
stomach cancer
Country of citizenship 1
Kingdom of Italy
Described by source 1
BEIC Digital Library
Educated at 1
Academy of Fine Arts, Florence
Field of work 1
painting
Influenced by 1
Francesco Filippini
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Italian
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Movement 1
realism
Occupation 1
painter
Place of birth 1
Modigliana
Place of death 1
Florence
Sex or gender 1
male
← FactGrid item ID 1
Paris Observatory, PSL University
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Summary

Silvestro Lega was born on December 8, 1826[1], in Modigliana[2]. He died on September 21, 1895[3], in Florence[4]. He worked as a painter[5].

FAQs

Where was Silvestro Lega born?

Silvestro Lega was born in Modigliana[2].

Where did Silvestro Lega die?

Silvestro Lega died in Florence[4].

What did Silvestro Lega do for work?

Silvestro Lega worked as a painter[5].

Where did Silvestro Lega go to school?

Silvestro Lega was educated at Academy of Fine Arts, Florence[9].

Related Entities

Francesco Filippini Kingdom of Italy Modigliana Pinacoteca di Brera Uffizi Gallery

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . archimagazine.com. Retrieved . archimagazine.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . cs.isabart.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . cs.isabart.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . cs.isabart.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [18] ↑ . archimagazine.com. Retrieved . archimagazine.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . archimagazine.com. Retrieved . archimagazine.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  21. [21] ↑ . archimagazine.com. Retrieved . archimagazine.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . archimagazine.com. Retrieved . archimagazine.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  24. [24] ↑ . archimagazine.com. Retrieved . archimagazine.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . digitale.beic.it. digitale.beic.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . pinacotecabrera.org. Retrieved . pinacotecabrera.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "source for place of birth, source for place of death, source for date of birth, source for date of death from Store norske leksikon (…"
  2. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sibling → Ettore Lega
    Influenced by → Francesco Filippini
    Notable work → After Lunch, The painter Tommasi painting in the garden
    Described by source → Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), BEIC Digital Library
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