Giovanni Battista Lusieri
Giovanni Battista Lusieri (1755–1821) was an Italian landscape painter from Naples. He was court painter to Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies before working for Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and becoming involved in the removal and shipping of the Elgin Marbles to England.
Giovanni Battista Lusieri | |
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View of the Bay of Naples, ca. 1791 | |
| Born | 1755 Rome, Italy |
| Died | 1821 Athens, Greece |
| Known for | Elgin Marbles |
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