Pietro Bignami
Pietro Bignami (died 1830) was an Italian painter, active in the early 19th century in Lodi, Lombardy.
Biography[edit]
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, a contemporary of Antonio Bottazzi, and painted battle scenes, landscapes and genre scenes.[1] He painted a panorama of the Battle of Lodi Bridge, May 10, 1796 in which Napoleon himself participated in the assault of his troops.[2] He also painted a Bernabò Visconti lost in a Forest. He also painted a monochrome depiction of musical instruments for the organ covers of the church of San Lorenzo.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Lodi nelle poche sue antichità e cose d'arte dell'avvocato Bassano Martani, page 302.
- ^ Getty images: Battle of Lodi Bridge, May 10, 1796.
- ^ Lodi monografia storico-artistica, by Felice De Angeli, Andrea Timolati, published in Milan (1877), page 134.
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