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    Luigi Legnani

    Naples, worked 1760–1770

    Claimed to be a pupil of Zosimo Bergonzi. Vannes and Henley remark on the similarity of his model, although Zosimo’s work is exceedingly rare. Luigi Legnani alumnus / Zosimo Bergonzi fecit Neap. 1765 — John Dilworth
    Worked Naples
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    LEGNANI, Luigi Worked 1760-1770 Naples Italy. Claimed to be a pupil of Zosimo Bergonzi. Vannes and Henley remark on the similarity of his model, although Zosimo’s work is exceedingly rare. Luigi Legnani alumnus / Zosimo Bergonzi fecit Neap. 1765

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