Veduta della Piazza del Duomo di Livorno - Ciafferi

Pietro Ciafferi or Ciaffero ( in

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– until 1654 at least), nicknamed Lo Smargiasso ("The Braggart"), was an Italian painter of the

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. He painted marine subjects and seaports, which his residence at

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enabled him to study from nature, as well as architectural and perspective views and sacred subjects. His works are highly finished, and ornamented with small detailed figures; they are principally preserved at Pisa and Livorno. An ''

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'' by him is in the

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, Florence.

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Attribution: * Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Artists from Pisa 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Tuscany Italian marine artists Italian battle painters {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub