Francesco Duramano (18th century) was an Italian painter known for floral still lifes.[1] He was born in Venice, and active there and in Brescia.
Duramano learned to paint from his mother, a painter of flowers. He became a prominent decorative painter.[2][3]
The art historian Luigi Salerno, says that Francesco, or his contemporary Carlo Henrici, could be the painter he identifies as pseudo-Guardi[4] or the Maestro di Fiori Guardeschi. For an example of such a painting would be the Roses, Peonies, and Tulips sold by Christies in 2006.[5] Other painters in this style or orbit include Margherita Caffi and Elisabetta Marchioni.[6]
References
edit- ^ Dizionario biografico universal, By Gottardo Garollo, 1907, page 713.
- ^ Pellegrino, Antonio Orlandi and Pietro Guarienti (1753). Abecedario Pittorico del m.r.p. Giambatista Pasquali, Venice. p. 188.
- ^ Le pitture sculture ed architetture delle citta di Rovigo con un prospetto, by Francesco Bartoli, (1793), page 239.
- ^ Wikiart org website
- ^ [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4697215 Christies lot 4697215.
- ^ [https://catalogo.beniculturali.it/detail/HistoricOrArtisticProperty/0700099683 Catalogo Beniculturali, regarding painting in Galleria Rizzi in Sestri Levante, near Genoa.
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