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Luigi Scaffai

Luigi Scaffai (1837 - 1899) was an Italian painter. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence, resided there most of his life in the same city. He painted various subjects, but mainly genre paintings, mostly sold to foreigners.

Luigi Scaffai

Живописное обозрение стран света: иллюстрированный журнал путешествий, исследований и проч.; художественно-литературный журнал; иллюстрированный журнал;... / Ред. Н. И. Зуев, Н. И. Шульгин, П. Н. Полевой, С. Е. Добродеев, А. П. Нестор, И. Н. Потапенко, П. В. Быков, А. К. Шеллер, К. С. Баранцевич. — Спб.: типография Спб. акц. общ. «Слово», 1872—1905. — полные годовые подшивки, еженед.

Журнал «Живописное обозрѣнiе странъ свѣта» (1872—1900,1902—1905) / Живописное обозрение стран света [Zhivopisnoye obozreniye stran sveta (Foreign Lands' Pictorial Review)] · Никита Иванович Зуев (1823—1890), Николай Иванович Шульгин (1832 — 1882), Пётр Николаевич Полевой (1839—1902), Сергей Емельянович Добродеев (1846—1910), Пётр Васильевич Быков (1844—1930), Александр Ко · Public domain

Born
1837
Died
1899

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Luigi Scaffai, a painter, was born in 1837 and died in 1899.

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