Francesco Scaramuzza

Francesco Scaramuzza (14 July 1803 – 20 October 1886) was an Italian painter and poet of the Romantic period in Northern Italy.

He painted mythologic and historic canvases, but is best known for his interpretations of literary subjects including Dante, an enterprise to which he dedicated decades.

He trained at the Academy of Fine Arts of Parma, training under Antonio Pasini and Giovanni Tebaldi.

[1] Among his pupils in Parma was Ignazio Affani.

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