Giovanni Pacini was an Italian composer, best known for his operas. Pacini was born in Catania, Sicily, the son of the buffo Luigi Pacini, who was to appear in the premieres of many of Giovanni's operas. The family was of Tuscan origin, living in Catania when the composer was born.
The final scene of L'ultimo giorno di Pompei using a set designed by Alessandro Sanquirico
Daughters of Pacini, Giovannina and Amazilia, Horsewoman, 1832, by Karl Bryullov.
Piazzale adorno d'alberi all'esterno di un villaggio: è il dì della festa, set design for Il Saltimbanco act 1 scene 1 (1858).
Horsewoman is a painting by the Russian artist Karl Bryullov (1799-1852), produced in 1832 and preserved in the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. The size of the canvas is 291.5 × 206 cm.
"Horsewoman" and Other Paintings in the Tretyakov Gallery (Photo by Carl Fischer, 1898)
"Horsewoman" in the Tretyakov Gallery