Giuseppe Ciaranfi

Giuseppe Ciaranfi (Pistoia, 1818- Florence, 1902) was an Italian painter.

He was a student and later taught at the Academy of Fine Arts, Florence. As a student, he had studied under Enrico Pollastrini. Among his works is a painting of Benedetto Varchi Reads His Storia Fiorentina to Cosimo I (1862) and Suitor's Plea. Among his pupils were Alfredo Müller, Cesare Laurenti,Augusto Bastianini,Angiolo Tommasi and the Bulgarian artist Anton Mitov.