Francesco Duramano (18th century) was an Italian painter known for floral still lifes. [1] He was born in Venice, and active there and in Brescia.
Duramano learned to paint from his mother, a painter of flowers. He became a prominent decorative painter. [2] [3]
The art historian Luigi Salerno, says that Francesco, or his contemporary Carlo Henrici, could be the painter he identifies as pseudo-Guardi [4] or the Maestro di Fiori Guardeschi. For an example of such a painting would be the Roses, Peonies, and Tulips sold by Christies in 2006. [5] Other painters in this style or orbit include Margherita Caffi and Elisabetta Marchioni. [6]
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