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- ↑ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti, by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 313.
- ↑ short note in thesis Archived 2013-11-10 at the Wayback Machine .
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