Leonardo Barbieri | |
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Born | c. 1818 |
Died | 1896 Savoy, Italy |
Occupation(s) | Portraitist, daguerrotypist |
Leonardo Barbieri (1818–1896) was an Italian painter, who was active in the Americas in from 1840s to the 1860s. He is famous for his numerous portraits of Californios, produced between 1849 and 1853, considered to be California's most important collection of portraits from the 19th century, earning him the epithet as "California's Leonardo".[1]