Giuseppe Ciaranfi

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

Giacomo Leopardi in his deathbed., painting by Ciaranfi.
Benedetto Varchi Reads His Storia Fiorentina to Cosimo I

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 artists Anton Mitov and Petko Klisurov.

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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