Edoardo Tofano (1838 in Naples – 1920 in Rome) was an Italian painter.

He then returned to Naples where he became a follower of the Realism of Domenico Morelli.

At the age of 23 (1861), he was recruited as an instructor at the Art Institute of Naples, a post he held until 1864.

He resigned to create works marketed by the Goupil Gallery in Paris, and was patronized by British collectors.

[2] Among his work are The cabin of Nelson and Donna con Ventaglio (Girl with Fan)[3] He also painted orientalist subjects and portraits, including those exhibited at 1897 at London, Portrait of Lady Hastings Campbell (Flora Mure-Campbell, Marchioness of Hastings?)