Gianni Schicchi de' Cavalcanti
Medieval Florentine knight / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Schicchi (died c. February 1280)[citation needed] was a medieval knight of Florence in the thirteenth century. His life, including his crime of fraud by being a talented imposter, is detailed by Dante in the Inferno, which inspired a Puccini opera and a later play. Dante's depiction of Schicchi's eternal punishment with insanity in hell inspired a painting by Bouguereau.