Enrico Pollastrini

Enrico Pollastrini (1817–1876) was an Italian painter. He was born at Livorno. He was a pupil of Giuseppe Bezzuoli and Pietro Benvenuti. He was first professor and afterwards president of the Academy of Fine Arts in the city of Florence, where he died.

Self-portrait of Pollastrini

He was professor of figure design at the Academy.[1] Among his pupils was Albano Lugli and Pietro Saltini.

References

  • Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves (ed.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. p. 305.CS1 maint: location (link)
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