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- ↑ Catalogo Bolaffi della pittura italiana dell'800; (1964) Issue 1; Page 454.
- ↑ Biography.
- ↑ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 537.
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