Francesco Scaramuzza (14 July 1803 – 20 October 1886) was an

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painter and poet of the Romantic period in Northern Italy. He painted mythologic and historic canvases, but is best known for his interpretations of literary subjects including

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, an enterprise to which he dedicated decades. He was born in Sissa. He trained at the Academy of Fine Arts of Parma, training under Antonio Pasini and Giovanni Tebaldi. where he became professor from 1860 to 1877.Encyclopedia Treccani
Enciclopedia Dantesca (1970), entry by Valerio Mariani. Among his pupils in Parma was Ignazio Affani.

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19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Parma 1803 births 1886 deaths Writers from Parma 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub