Leopoldo Cicognara

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Count Leopoldo Cicognara (17 November 1767 - 5 March 1834) was an Italian archaeologist and writer on art.

Cicognara was born in Ferrara, Italy. He resided for some years at Rome, where he devoted himself to painting and the study of antiquities and galleries; later he visited Naples and Sicily, and published at Palermo one of his first works, a poem of no merit.

After exploring the island, he betook himself to Florence, Milan, Bologna and Venice, acquiring a complete archaeological knowledge of these and other cities.