Tancredi Scarpelli's life is closely linked to the Italian publishing house Nerbini. Giuseppe Nerbini founded the publishing house in Florence, which still exists today. Until that time, the owner of the publishing house had been working as a newsagent. Nerbini wanted publications that would be inexpensive and reach the readership of the broad social class. The publishing house began by reproducing classic novels and gradually expanded its range to include comics and plain-bound novels. Today, these publications are among the paperback editions commonly known as "dime novels." Nerbini secured the rights to the Italian edition of Mickey Mouse, but without the rights to the mouse, and launched his own version of the weekly comic. Tancredi Scarpelli made his debut as an illustrator with the beginning of the 19th century. His first works appeared in various magazines and publishing houses. He worked for The Sunday Newspaper and Illustrated Scene, among others, before The close collaboration with Nerbini began.
Tancredi Scarpelli's career did not initially point in an artistic direction. Born into a family whose male members were all in the military, Tancredi first chose the prescribed path. Like his father, Scarpelli joined the Italian army and went through training until he was appointed fencing master. Why Tancredi left the military and traded the rapier for pencil and brush is not known. His first steps into artistic life were almost certainly an economic venture. As for Nerbini's remuneration, it can only be assumed that it was not generous due to the low prices for the publishing media. As with many artists, the intention to paint lay more in the passion for painting.
Tancredi Scarpelli illustrations accompany numerous new editions. With today's eye, the translation and texts are not even mediocre, but the accompanying art makes them a darling for art enthusiasts. Tancredi illustrated in large format and one of his most famous works is the History of Italy. Regal are the colours that clothe one Julius Caesar as he crosses a river on a beautiful horse. The clarity of the depictions and the elegance that speaks from these illustrations is striking. With the increasing popularity of comic depictions, stories and characters reached the Italian readership that were developed abroad. Nerbini and Scarpelli brought the detective-like characters surrounding Nick Carter and Nat Pinkerton to the Italian media world. Tancredi soon gained a reputation as an exceptional cartoonist for detective stories with a hint of crime and thrills. Tancredi Scarpelli's oeuvre includes over ninety titles, and the number of individual subjects is almost impossible to count. It is believed that there are still unknown pictures of the illustrator. Many of his elaborations are simply signed with the artist's initials or have fragments of his name.
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.jpg "Europa on the bull by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Kurds, Georgian and Armenian by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Pope Pius X by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Julius Caesar Crossing the Rubicon by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Ludovico de Varthema and the Sultana of Aden by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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_The_military_Guglielmo_Pepe_-_(MeisterDrucke-1420667).jpg "Uprising in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1820): The military Guglielmo Pepe haranged his troops in 1820 in Naples, Italy (Italian patriot Guglielmo Pepe on the Ponte della Maddalena in Naples during the revolutionary movement) by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Napoleon in the First Italian Campaign, 1796 by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Don Abbondio Meets the Braves - Illustration for")
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_Italian_writer_Illustration_of_Tanc_-_(MeisterDrucke-1420493).jpg "Portrait of Alessandro Manzoni, Italian writer (Illustration of Tancredi Scarpelli from")
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.jpg "Egyptian Antiquity: The Death of Cleopatra The Queen of Egypt Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (69-30 BC) suicide by being bitten by two aspic snakes (Illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli from Storia d")
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.jpg "Roman Antiquity: Emperor Nero looks at the Great Fire of Rome by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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_II_of_Savoy_(_-_(MeisterDrucke-1420673).jpg "War of the Spanish Succession: Duke Vittorio Amedeo II of Savoy (1666-1732) declared war on France by allying with Austria in 1703 (Illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli) by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Declaration of War between Piedmont and France Being Received with Joy by Subjects of Victor Amadeus by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "The old Doge Enrico Dandolo sacking Constantinople, 1204 by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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_during_a_battle_-_-_(MeisterDrucke-1642109).jpg "Risorgimento: Representation of Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) During a Battle - Cover for \"Garibaldi, Illustrated Chronicle of the Garibaldian Epic\" 1930-1934 by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "The looting of Cesena by Papal soldiers, 1832 by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Victor Emanuel II, first king of Italy by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, invading Italy by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Frederick Barbarossa is Wounded at the Battle of Legnano, 1176 by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Tomasso Aniello, known as Masaniello, was the Leading Spirit of Revolt in Naples, 1647 by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Costumes from Norway and Lapland by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Queen Giovanna II of Naples Nullifies the Adoption of Alfonso d")
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_I_of_Tuscany_(Cosimo_de_Medici)_(1519-1574)_circulatin_-_(MeisterDrucke-1420677).jpg "Portrait of Cosimo I of Tuscany (Cosimo de Medici) (1519-1574), circulating through the streets of Florence, surrounded by members of his militia composed of Spanish and German soldiers by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Garibaldi is asked to halt the campaign in Trentino. He answers: I obey by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Chinese Costumes - Emperor, Mandarin, and Military Mandarin by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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hero_of_the_Italian_unity_(Risorgiment_-_(MeisterDrucke-1641514).jpg "Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi, Hero of the Italian Unity (Risorgimento). Cover of")
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.jpg "Francois 1st of France During Marignan Battle in 1515, Illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Cretan War: The trial of Francesco Morosini after the siege of Candia, accused of cowardice and treason on his return to Venice by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "The Travel of Gulliver - Cover for an Edition by Jonathan Swift by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "The Battle of Cannanor (March 1506) by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Alberico da Barbiano Receives a Flag from Pope Urban VI Saying")
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.jpg "Roman baths by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Roman Antiquity: The Imperator of Palmyra Septimia Bathzabbai Zenobie captured by Roman Emperor Aurelian, 272 AD (Illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli) by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "The Roman ambassadors beseeching Alaric I, King of the Visigoths by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "The Atlantic Expedition of Leif Ericsson by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Antiquity, Roman Civil War: Egyptian Queen Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (69-30 BC) at the Battle of Actium in the Ambracic Gulf on 2 September 31 BC against the Fleet of Octavian by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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_returns_to_Rome_with_his_wif_-_(MeisterDrucke-1420683).jpg "Roman Antiquity: Emperor Septimius Severus (145-211) returns to Rome with his wife Julia Domna (170-217) in 193 AD by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Heroic resistance of the Neapolitan people against the French by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Fleeing the Muslims by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "The Mutiny of the Crew of the Portuguese Flor de La Mar, Against Their General, Afonso de Alberquerque in c.1511, Illustration from")
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.jpg "Pope Benedict IX Elected Pope at the Age of 12, in 1032 by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Margherita of Savoy, Queen of Italy by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Cesare Battisti demanding that Italy attacks Austria by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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_during_the_-_(MeisterDrucke-1420670).jpg "Campaign of Italy: The French army of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) during the passage of Grand Saint Bernard, May 20 by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "The Belfiore Martyrs: Don Enrico Tazzoli")
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.jpg "King Francis I of France Surveying the Alps on 15 August 1515 by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Morosini Being Tried after Handing Over Crete to the Ottomans by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1077324).jpg "Popular Novel: The Drama of Paris - The Mysterious Legacy (1857) by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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_gives_to_the_daughter_of_his_adversary_the_-_(MeisterDrucke-1641451).jpg "King Alboin Gives to the Daughter of His Adversary the Skull of the Latter to Drink by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Pope Clement XIV Taken by a Sudden Illness Suspected to be Caused by Poison Administered by the Jesuits by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "The King Awarding Medals for Acts of Valour at the Front by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "18 July 1846, Pope Pius IX Declares an Amnesty by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Death of Odoacer, Killed by Theodoric, King of the Ostrogoths by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Theodoro Sacks Ravenna on Orders of Justinian II by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Silvio Pellico Hears His Sentence of Imprisonment in Harsh Conditions by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "The Fall of Carthage with Hasdrubal")
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.jpg "6 March 1226, a Second Lombard League is formed by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Cleopatra Welcoming Caesar by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "The Spanish Finding Gold in the Region Near the River Hina by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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_at_the_Battle_of_the_Bridg_-_(MeisterDrucke-1420671).jpg "First Italian Campaign: Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) at the Battle of the Bridge of Arcole, November 1796 (Illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli from Storia d")
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.jpg "Battle of Dogali, 1887 by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Nasradin-Shah, king of Persia by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Illustration for Dante")
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.jpg "King Francis II of Naples and Queen Amalia Leave Gaeta of the Two Sicilies by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Diego Masques, Captain of One of the Ships from the Second Expedition of Christopher Columbus, Left on an Island with Eight Men by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Umberto I, King of Italy by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Cavour at the Paris Congress by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Cardinal Rampolla by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Mustafa Landing on the Island of Cyprus in 1570 by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Martyrs by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Germanicus Offering to Kill Himself by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "28 October 1922, the March on Rome by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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_(1480_-_1519)_Illustration_of_Tancr_-_(MeisterDrucke-1420679).jpg "Portrait of Lucrezia Borgia (Lucrece Borgia) (1480 - 1519) (Illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli from Storia d")
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.jpg "Roman Wedding at the Time of the Republic by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Pope Leo XIII by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Tuscan costumes of the 13th century by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Mantua Being Attacked by the Austrians in 1630 by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Galileo and the Inquisition: And yet it moves is a phrase said to have been uttered before the Inquisition by the Italian mathematician, physicist and philosopher Galileo by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Illustration for Dante")
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.jpg "Alboino, King of the Lombards, Offers His Wife Rosamunda Drink from the Skull of Cunimondo by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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_between_the_Italian_govern_-_(MeisterDrucke-1439942).jpg "Signing of the Lateran Agreements between the Italian Government (Fascist) and the Holy Vatican Siege, Guaranteeing the Sovereignty of the Pope in the Vatican and Formalizing the Catholic Religion in Italy: Cardinal Pietro by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Pope John XIII Banished Temporarily in 965 by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Egypt - Life in the Fields by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Roman Antiquity: Consul Titus Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus defeating a Gallic in 361 BC (Illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli) by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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_c1930_(p_-_(MeisterDrucke-1642563).jpg "Illustration for the Cover of The Lovers by Alessandro Manzoni by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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_1254_-_(MeisterDrucke-82182).jpg "Manfred king of Sicily asks the Saracens for entry to Lucera, 1254 by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Giuseppe Verdi by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Landemaro during the Siege of Salerno by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Ibn-Timnah threatens to cut veins in the arms of his wife Meimuna by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "The expedition of Vincente Yanez Pinzon facing hostility from the natives of the New World by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Fra Mauro del Sinai being received by the king of Portugal by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Byzantine General Belisarius conquering Rome in 536 by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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_(106-43_BC)_crosses_the_cons_-_(MeisterDrucke-1025366).jpg "The Roman Statesman Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) (106-43 BC) Crosses the Conspirator Catiline (Lucius Sergius Catilina) (108-62 BC), Whom He Denounces in 63 BC During the Speeches of the Catilinaries. Illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli (1866-1937) by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Costume of the Milanesi in 1598 by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Nino Bixio, one of the bravest of Garibaldi")
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.jpg "Persian Costumes by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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.jpg "Hebrew Costumes by Tancredi Scarpelli")
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