Leopoldo Toniolo (1833–1908) was an Italian painter, mainly of

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themes. Toniolo was born in

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, but had moved to

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by 1861. ''El me ama'', was exhibited in 1880 in Turin, along with a canvas depicting: ''An Antiquarian''. In Milan in 1881, he exhibited: ''Repose of the

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'', In 1887 in Venice, he exhibited ''In aspettazione della solita partita''. He also painted portraits both contemporary, such as a young Malmignati Leoni, and historical, such as ''Portrait of

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''. ‘‘Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.’’
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 519.

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