Carlo Bianconi
Carlo Bianconi (1732 – August 15, 1802) was an Italian painter, engraver, and architect.
Biography
[edit]He trained in Bologna with Ercole Graziani the Younger in Bologna. He created many engravings of antiquities. In Bologna, he worked with Mauro Tesi in designing a monument to their patron, Count Francesco Algarotti.[1]
He was a member of the Accademia Clementina, but moved to Milan in 1778 and became secretary of the Brera Academy for twenty years.[2] he had helped edit Malvasia's guide to Bologna. In 1787, he published a Guide to Arts and Antiquities in Milan.[3] He died in Milan.
His brother Giovanni Ludovico Bianconi, was a neoclassical doctor, art historian, and antiquarian, who was a close friend of Winckelmann.
References
[edit]- ^ The Metropolitan Museum: Architectural and Ornament Drawings: Juvarra, Vanvitelli, the Bibiena Family by Mary L Myers (1975).
- ^ Memorie originali italiane risguardanti le belle arti, Volume 1, 1846, by Michelangelo Gualandi, M.G., page 74.
- ^ Nuova guida di Milano, by Carlo Bianconi Stamperia Sirtoni, Milan (1787).
Note
[edit]- Myers claims Giovanni Ludovico was Carlo's father. Carlo Bianconi does not appear to be closely related to Charles Bianconi.
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