Leopoldina Zanetti Borzino
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Leopoldina Zanetti Borzino (1826–1902) was an Italian painter and printmaker.


Biography

Born Leopoldina Zanetti in
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, Zanetti Borzino was the niece of
Daniele Manin Daniele Manin (13 May 180422 September 1857) was an Italian patriot, statesman and leader of the Risorgimento in Venice. Early and family life left, House in Venice where Daniele Manin lived Daniele Manin was born Daniele Fonseca in Ramo A ...
. She later moved to
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, where she married the painter Ulisse Borzino. She studied in
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, and participated in numerous exhibitions there and in Genoa. She died in Milan. Zanetti Borzino is represented in the collection of the
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with a lithograph. Other work is in the Gallery of Modern Art (GAM), Villa Saluzzo Serra,
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,
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.


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1826 births 1902 deaths 19th-century Italian painters Italian printmakers Women printmakers 19th-century printmakers 19th-century Italian women painters {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub