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- ↑ Garollo, Gottardo (1907). Ulrico Hoepli (ed.). Dizionario biografico universale. Editore Libraio della Real Casa, Milan. p. 66.
- ↑ Rassegna bibliografica dell'arte italiana by Egidio Calzini, (1898), page 187.
- ↑ Encyclopedia Treccani short biography by Luigia Maria Tosi (1929).
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