Luigi Durantini

Luigi Durantini (1791 – 1857) was an Italian painter active in his native Rome, active in a Neoclassical style.[1]

Biography

He trained and later became a professor at the Academy of St Luke in Rome.[2] He was made Knight of the Order of San Silvestro by the Papal authorities. His father Filippo Durantini was a scholar.[3] One of his pupils was Giovanni Costa.

References

  1. ↑ Dizionario biografico universal, By Gottardo Garollo, 1907, page 714.
  2. ↑ Monumenti delle belle arti esposti in versi colle loro dichiarazioni, by Melchior Missirini, (1832) page 46.
  3. ↑ Vita e morte edificante di Filippo Durantini scolastico, by Federico M. De Melis, page 9.
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