Luigi Durantini (1791 – 1857) was an Italian painter active in his native Rome, active in a Neoclassical style.Dizionario biografico universal, By Gottardo Garollo, 1907, page 714.
Biography He trained and later became a professor at the Academy of St Luke in Rome.Monumenti delle belle arti esposti in versi colle loro dichiarazioni, by Melchior Missirini, (1832) page 46. He was made Knight of the Order of San Silvestro by the Papal authorities. His father Filippo Durantini was a scholar.Vita e morte edificante di Filippo Durantini scolastico, by Federico M. De Melis, page 9. One of his pupils was Giovanni Costa.
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