Giacomo Ciamician

Giacomo Luigi Ciamician (1857–1922) was an Italian chemist of Armenian origin, professor at the University of Bologna and a senator of Italy. He entered the history of photochemistry as the creator of the first prototypes of solar batteries.

He was president of the Italian Chemical Society, a member of the National Academy of Italy, the Royal Academies of Genoa and Padua, the National Accademia dei Lincei and the Paris Academy, and a corresponding member of the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1912).

In this oval portrait he sits on a chair in a dark suit, waistcoat and tie. His signature is below.