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DOMENICO ALFANI

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 580 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ALFANI  , See also:Italian painter, was See also:born at See also:Perugia towards the See also:close of the 15th See also:century . He was a contemporary of See also:Raphael, with whom he studied in the school of See also:Perugino . The two artists lived on terms of intimate friendship, and the See also:influence of the more distinguished of the two is so clearly traceable in the See also:works of the other, that these have frequently been attributed to Raphael . Towards the close of his See also:life See also:Alfani gradually changed his See also:style and approximated to that of the later Florentine school . The date of his See also:death, according to some, was 1540, while others say he was alive in 1553• Pictures by Alfani may be seen in collections at See also:Florence and in several churches in Perugia .

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