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- ↑ Trecanni Encyclopedia short biography.
- ↑ Guida pittorica ossia analisi intorno lo stile delle diverse scuole di pittura e degli artisti italiani e stranieri antichi e moderni, by Alessandro Petti; Publisher N. Fabricatore, Naples,1855, page 52.
- ↑ Sinite Parvulos, Gesù che benedice i fanciulli, Spedale degli Innocenti, Florence, Restoration.
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