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Apr 18, 1788 Genoa, Liguria, Italy Died on 26 Dec 1874 (aged 86)
Italian painter (1788-1874)
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About Michele Bisi
- Michele Bisi (April 18, 1788 – December 26, 1874) was an Italian engraver and painter born in Genoa.
- His work is identified with the schools of Bartolozzi, Rosaspina, and Longhi. Bisi 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 brother's wife, Ernesta Legnani Bisi, who, like her husband Giuseppe Bisi, had studied under Giuseppe Longhi.
- The text was completed by Robustiano Gironi.
- 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 was popular. Subsequently he made engravings of: The Virgin and Infant Christ enthroned attended by St.
- Anthony and St.
- Barbara, after Luini. Andromeda and Perseus, after Guercino. Adoration of the Virgin, after Sassoferrato. Offering of the Magi, after Gaudenzio Ferrari.Bisi also succeeded as a painter of landscapes.
- He died in Milan in 1874.
