Enrico Mazzanti
, 1850 - 1910
Enrico Mazzanti was a Florentine engineer. He began his career dedicating himself to the creation of iconographic apparatuses for scientific and literary publishing, then he specialized in illustration for children. In addition to Collodi, he collaborated with many children's writers, including Emma Perodi, for whom he illustrated cartoons in the Giornale per i bambini. He illustrated children’s books for some of the main Italian publishing houses and was also appreciated abroad: his Pinocchio’s cartoons were requested by readers in USA, Spain and France.
Sources:
it.wikipedia.org (accessed: May 7, 2020).
Bio prepared by Beatrice Palmieri, University of Bologna, beatrice.palmieri@studio.unibo.it
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