Romolo Panfi (1632 in

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– 1690 in

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) was an Italian painter, active in

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. He was active mainly as a battle painter and landscapes. He was a pupil of

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and worked in the Medici court of Grand Duke Ferdinand and his brother, Cardinal

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, where Panfi was said to be talented as a musician and dancer. One of his pupils was Giovanni Camillo Sagrestani''Abecedario pittorico'', page 284.

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1632 births 1690 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Florence {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub