How did Gaetano Donizetti’s nephew Andrea help him during his final illness?

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Donizetti, Gaetano — Gaetano Donizetti Gaetano Donizetti, portrait by Giovanni Carnevali; in the Museo Donizettiano, Bergamo, Italy.

During the final years of his life, Gaetano Donizetti suffered from a progressive decline into insanity caused by syphilis. While he was a patient in a private asylum near Paris, he faced significant difficulties with the French police and medical authorities. His nephew Andrea, the son of Donizetti’s eldest brother, provided essential support by taking the composer home to Bergamo, where Donizetti remained until his death on April 8, 1848.1