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Luigi Calamatta (1801 – February 1868) was an Italian painter and engraver. He was born at Civitavecchia. Orphaned early he went to live with an uncle then move to Rome to live in the l’Ospizio San Michele. He was expelled from the hospice and became the ward of fellow artists.He studied drawing at Rome under Giangiacomo took his early lessons in engraving from Marchetti. and executed his first plate under the eye of Ricciari.
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