Achille Vianelli (1803-1894): A Painter of Nostalgia Achille Vianelli, an Italian landscape painter of the Posillipo School, was born in Porto Maurizio di Imperia on December 21st, 1803. His father, Giovan Battista Vianelli, originally from Veneto, had married a Parisian and consequently changed his name to Vianelly or Viennelly and assumed French nationality, becoming Napoleon’s consular agent in Porto Maurizio. Achille retained his new surname and French nationality until after 1938. From Porto Maurizio the family moved to Otranto, where Achille spent his youth. In 1819 he was in Naples, t…