Cristiano Banti

Place: Santa Croce

Born: 1824

Death: 1904

Biography:

Cristiano Banti (4 January 1824, Santa Croce sull'Arno - 4 December 1904, Montemurlo) was an Italian genre and landscape painter. He was a leading figure in the Macchiaioli movement of Tuscany. Banti was born into a middle class family and a scholarship enabled him to study at the Accademia di belle arti di Siena (it) with Francesco Nenci. At this ...