Antonio Pasini (21 February 1770 – 23 July 1845) was an Italian painter and manuscript illuminator.
He trained under
Domenico Muzzi
Domenico Muzzi (1742 – 1812) was an Italian painter and professor of Design at the Accademia di Belle Arti of Parma.
He trained in Parma at the Academy under Giuseppe Peroni. He painted frescoes for the Palazzo Sanvitale, Parma and the cu ...
in
Parma
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. In 1805, he was nominated as Professor of Miniatura for the Accademia di Belle Arti of Parma. In 1816, he became portraitist for the local court. In 1822, he was named Teacher of Composizione e di Anatomia in Parma. He was adept at painting miniature portraits on ivory.
Among his pupils were
Francesco Scaramuzza
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,
Macedonio Melloni
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Life
Born at Parma, in 1824 he was appointed professor at the local Uni ...
,
Evangelista Pinelli and
Vincenzo Bertolotti.
Dizionario biografico dei parmigiani illustri o benemeriti
by Giovanni Battista Janelli, (1876) page 295-296, quoting Gazzeta di Parma, 1845, pag. 515.
References
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1770 births
1845 deaths
19th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
20th-century Italian painters
Painters from Parma
19th-century Italian male artists
20th-century Italian male artists