Francesco Netti Biography
Francesco Saverio Netti (Santeramo in Colle, 24 December 1832 – Santeramo in Colle, 28 August 1894) was an Italian painter and writer. He was born to the rich landowner Nicola Netti (1798-1899) married to Giuseppina Maria Vitale (1806-1869), from Conversano. A plaque on Palazzo Netti, in via Sant'Eligio in Santeramo in Colle, commemorates the place of his birth. Nicola Netti and Giuseppina Maria Vitale of Conversano had four boys (Francesco Saverio, Luigi, Antonio and Raffaele) and five girls (Mariannina, Lucrezia, Maria, Lucia and Rosa). Francesco Netti's paintings, with family members, are The Crisis 1887, His Sister Mariannina at the Piano, Portrait of his Brother Antonio and Portrait of his Niece Giuseppina Netti.