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Antonio Mancini 
Luigiello con turbante
Oil on panel
20 x 16.5 cm
“I just met the greatest living painter, he lives in Italy and his name is Mancini”. ~ John Singer Sargent
Mancini was very poor and often reused his supplies, including painting on both sides of the same canvas in order to produce two works -such perseverance.

Antonio Mancini 
Il Saltimbanco
Oil on canvas
80 1/4 x 43 5/8 inches (203.8 x 110.8 cm)
(perhaps his largest work?)

Antonio Mancini 
Girl with the yellow scarf
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