The Shadow of the Tiber In the quiet streets of Siena, a young man named Angelo Visconti began to shape a destiny that would be cut short by the very waters that sustain a city. Born in 1829, he possessed an early inclination toward the dramatic, a temperament that found its way into the studio of Luigi Mussini. Under this guidance, Visconti did not merely learn to paint; he learned to capture the weight of human suffering and the hea…