Federico Bianchi (painter)

Federico Bianchi (1635–1719) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in North Lombardy.[1]

Biography

He was born in Masnago near Varese and died Milan. He was a pupil, and subsequently son-in-law, of Giulio Cesare Procaccini. By the early age of seventeen he painted three works in fresco for the cloister of the monastery of the Padri Zoccolanti at Milan. Several other works by this master were for the churches of that city. He was patronized by the duke of Savoy, and honored him with the title of Cavalière, and a gold chain and medal. Bianchi was noted for his history paintings, portraits, landscapes, and paintings of animals.[2]

Among his works, are paintings for Sant'Alessandro in Milan, frescoes for Villa Litta Modignanni in Biumo Inferiore in the town of Varese, and for the Palazzo Arese-Borromeo of Cesano.[3]

References

  1. ↑ La pintura barroca en Italia, by Giuseppe Pacciarotti, page 241.
  2. ↑ Bryan, Michael (1886). Robert Edmund Graves, ed. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume I: A-K). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. p. 125.
  3. ↑ Pacciarotti, page 241.


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