Michele Bisi
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Michele Bisi an Italian
engraver and painter. He was born at Genoa
, does honor to the schools of Bartolozzi, Rosaspina, and Longhi. He first distinguished himself by the publication of the Pinacoteca del Palazzo Reale delle Scienze e delle Arti di Milano for which he was aided by his wife, Ernesta, who was likewise a pupil of Giuseppe Longhi. In 1819 he undertook a series of engravings from the paintings of Andrea Appiani
, in which he was assisted by some of the best scholars of Longhi. His engraving of Venus embracing Cupid .
Subsequently he made engravings of:
He also succeeded as a painter of landscapes.
Italy
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engraver and painter. He was born at Genoa
Genoa
Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
, does honor to the schools of Bartolozzi, Rosaspina, and Longhi. He first distinguished himself by the publication of the Pinacoteca del Palazzo Reale delle Scienze e delle Arti di Milano for which he was aided by his wife, Ernesta, who was likewise a pupil of Giuseppe Longhi. In 1819 he undertook a series of engravings from the paintings of Andrea Appiani
Andrea Appiani
Andrea Appiani was an Italian neoclassical painter.-Biography:He was born in Milan. He had been intended to follow his father's career in medicine but instead entered the private academy of the painter Carlo Maria Giudici . He received instruction in drawing, copying mainly from sculpture and prints...
, in which he was assisted by some of the best scholars of Longhi. His engraving of Venus embracing Cupid .
Subsequently he made engravings of:
- The Virgin and Infant Christ enthroned attended by St. Anthony and St. Barbara, after LuiniBernardino LuiniBernardino Luini was a North Italian painter from Leonardo's circle. Both Luini and Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio were said to have worked with Leonardo directly; he was described to have taken "as much from Leonardo as his native roots enabled him to comprehend". Consequently many of his works were...
. - Andromeda and Perseus, after Guercino.
- Adoration of the Virgin, after SassoferratoGiovanni Battista Salvi da SassoferratoGiovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato , also known as Giovanni Battista Salvi, was an Italian Baroque painter. He is often referred to only by the town of his birthplace , as was customary in his time, and for example seen with da Vinci and Caravaggio.-Biography:The details of Giovanni Battista...
. - Offering of the Magi, after Gaudenzio FerrariGaudenzio FerrariGaudenzio Ferrari was a Northern Italian painter and sculptor of the Renaissance.-Biography:Gaudenzio was born at Valduggia in the Valsesia in the Duchy of Milan. Valduggia is now in the Province of Vercelli in Piedmont. He is said to have first learned the art of painting at Vercelli from...
.
He also succeeded as a painter of landscapes.