Giuseppe Ciaranfi

Giuseppe Ciaranfi (Pistoia, 1818- Florence, 1902) was an Italian painter.

Giacomo Leopardi in his deathbed., painting by Ciaranfi.

Biography

He was a student and later taught at the Academy of Fine Arts, Florence. As a student, he had studied under Enrico Pollastrini.[1] Among his works is a painting of Benedetto Varchi Reads His Storia Fiorentina to Cosimo I (1862) and Suitor's Plea. Among his pupils were Alfredo Müller, Cesare Laurenti,[2] Augusto Bastianini,[3] Angiolo Tommasi and the Bulgarian artist Anton Mitov.

References

  1. ↑ Istituto Matteucci short biography.
  2. ↑ History of Modern Italian Art, (1900) by Ashton Rollins Willard page 484.
  3. ↑ Casole D'Elsa exhibition on Bastianini


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