Luigi Boscolo

Luigi Boscolo (Italian pronunciation: [luˈiːdʒi ˈboskolo]; March 22, 1824 – ?) was an Italian engraver, active in Venice.

Born in Rovigo, he first studied in his hometown, then at the Academy of Ferrara, but at age 16 he was sent to study at the Accademia di Belle Arti of Venice. He was to become professor there, and later knighted. Among his engravings are those of The Bathers by Francesco Hayez, the Magdalen by Natale Schiavoni,^[1] works given an award by the Academy of Fine Arts of Milan; The Odalisque also by Schiavoni; a portrait of Carlo Goldoni by Alessandro Longhi, engravings awarded by the Academy of Belle Arti in Venice; the Madonna del Pomo by Giovanni Bellini; a portrait of Malatesta Buglioni by the painter Raffaele Giannetti of Genoa; La Sorpresa del Bechi di Firenze; a Torquato Tasso in the jails of Ferrara, and the Poet Camoens in prison by the painter Luigi Moretti of Venice; and finally five portraits of King Vittorio Emanuele, King Umberto, of Cardinal Silvestri of Rovigo, Conte Spiridione Papadopoli of Venice, and Conte Luigi Camerini of Padua.^[2]

References

1. Repentant Magdalene at Philadelphia Museum of Art.
2. Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 69.