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and Rome. He was born in Maiano near

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and was a nephew of the poet

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Sources

*Laderchi, Camillo
''La pittura ferrarese: memorie''
Ferrara: Abram Servadio Editore, 1856, p. 184. *Mattaliano, Emanuele
''La collezione Costabili''
Venezia: Marsilio; Ferrara:

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, 1998, pp. 13, 117. 1765 births 1825 deaths 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 19th-century Italian painters Painters from Ferrara Italian Baroque painters 19th-century Italian male artists 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub