Luigi Pellegrini Scaramuccia

Luigi Pellegrini Scaramuccia
Portrait of Luigi Scaramuccia by Francesco Cairo, c. 1657, Milan, Pinacoteca di Brera
Born1621
Perugia, Papal States
Died3 August 1680(1680-08-03) (aged 58–59)
Milan, Duchy of Milan
Known forPainting
MovementBaroque

Luigi Pellegrini Scaramuccia (1621 – 3 August 1680) was an Italian painter and artist biographer of the Baroque period. A pupil, along with Giovanni Domenico Cerrini of the painter Guido Reni, he is best known for his book Le finezze de' pennelli italiani, one of the earliest compilations of biographies that included baroque artists from Bologna and Milan.

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