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- ↑ Profile in the Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800.
- ↑ Alberto Cottino (2003). La donna nella pittura italiana del Seicento e Settecento: il genio e la grazia. U. Allemandi. ISBN 978-88-422-1175-4.
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