Pietro Ermini (1774–1850) was an Italian painter and engraver, active in Florence.

Biography

Ermini was born in

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. There, the mathematician-architect Angiolo De' Giudici mentored him, obtained for him a stipend, and convinced his parents to send him to Florence to study at the

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under Pietro Petroni. One of his classmates was

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. In 1833, he nearly became blind, and though he had his sight improved by surgery, he had to abandon his career. He is known for many highly detailed engravings of classic works in the Florentine Galleries.Notizie Biografica del Professore Pietro Ermini
lette dell'Adunanza, 9 August 1838, by Gaetano Palazzi; in Atti della Reale Accademia Petrarca di scienze lettere ed arti, in Arezzo, Volume 1, By Accademia Petrarca di lettere, arti e scienze, page 57-61. One of his pupils at the Academy was Giuseppe Angelelli.

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1774 births 1850 deaths Artists from Arezzo Italian engravers 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 19th-century Italian painters Painters from Florence Academic staff of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze 19th-century Italian male artists 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-engraver-stub