Massimo Taparelli d'Azeglio: A Life of Statesmanship, Literature, and Art Born: Turin, Italy (1798) Died: 1866 Massimo Taparelli d’Azeglio, commonly known as Massimo d'Azeglio, was a remarkable figure of 19th-century Italy. He served as a Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist, and painter, embodying the complexities of his era. His life spanned significant political transitions, from the Napoleonic period to the unificati…