Filippo Abbiati
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Filippo Abbiati (1640–1715) was an Italian painter of the early-Baroque period, active in Lombardy and Turin, together with Andrea Lanzani and Stefano Maria Legnani, he was a prominent mannerist painters from the School of Lombardy. Born in Milan, he was a pupil of the painter Antonio Busca. Alessandro Magnasco was one of his pupils[1] along with Pietro Maggi and Giuseppe Rivola. Ticozzi claims he trained, along with Federigo Bianchi, with Carlo Francesco Nuvolone. Along with Bianchi, he painted the cupola of Sant'Alessandro Martire in Milan. Abbiati also painted a St. John preaching in the Wilderness for a church in Saronno.[2] Abbiati died in Milan.
Works
- The Solemn Entrance of Charles Borromeo in Milan (1670–80), from the Quadroni of St. Charles, Milan Cathedral
- Portrait of Filippo Pirogalli (around 1677), Milan, Ospedale Maggiore
- Birth of Mary (around 1680), Santa Maria dei Miracoli Basilica, Morbio Inferiore, Switzerland
- Apparition of the Virgin (1683–85), musée Calvet, Avignon, oil on canvas, 55 × 66 cm
- Self-Portrait, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
- History of St Andrea of Avellino, Sant'Antonio Abate, Milan
- Apparition of Virgin to Pope Honorius III, Church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Pavia
- San Siro before the Pope, Pavia Cathedral
- David, Moses at Sant'Agostino, Pavia
- St John Preaching in the Wilderness, a church in Saronno
His other works are at the Pinacoteca Carrara in Bergamo and the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan.
References
- ^ ULAN entry
- ^ 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. 2.
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Further reading
- Ticozzi, Stefano (1830). Dizionario degli architetti, scultori, pittori, intagliatori in rame ed in pietra, coniatori di medaglie, musaicisti, niellatori, intarsiatori d’ogni etá e d’ogni nazione' (Volume 1). Gaetano Schiepatti; Digitized by Googlebooks, Jan 24, 2007. p. 18.
- Getty ULAN entry.
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