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Nicola Cianfanelli, a fight of ancient soldiers

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NICOLA CIANFANELLI (Moscow 1793 - Florence 1848) A FIGHT OF ANCIENT SOLDIERS
Black chalk. Signed 'NCianfanelli'; 290 x 397 mm. Paper toned and foxed, other minor faults.

A pupil of Carlo Lasinio in Pisa and Pietro Benvenuti in Florence, Cianfanelli worked mainly in Florence. In 1822 he painted a fresco in Palazzo Borghese and later painted frescoes inspired by the novel 'I Promessi Sposi' in the Palazzina della Meridiana in the Boboli Gardens. See Carlo Del Bravo, 'Disegni Italiani del XIX secolo', catalogue of the exhibition at the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence, 1971; no. 36.

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