Luigi Durantini

Luigi Durantini (1791 – 1857) was an Italian painter active in his native Rome, active in a Neoclassical style.[1]

Biography

He trained and later became a professor at the Academy of St Luke in Rome.[2] He was made Knight of the Order of San Silvestro by the Papal authorities. His father Filippo Durantini was a scholar.[3] One of his pupils was Giovanni Costa.

References
  1. Dizionario biografico universal, By Gottardo Garollo, 1907, page 714.
  2. Monumenti delle belle arti esposti in versi colle loro dichiarazioni, by Melchior Missirini, (1832) page 46.
  3. Vita e morte edificante di Filippo Durantini scolastico, by Federico M. De Melis, page 9.
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