Aimo Maggi (31 May 1756 – 9 December 1793) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassic periods, mainly active in his natal city of

Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo. ...

. Adept as a musician, he dedicated himself to writing and painting. He studied at the University of Bologna. He was a pupil of the landscape painter

Agostino Bertelli Agostino Bertelli (Brescia, 1727 - 1776) was an Italian painter, mainly painting landscapes. His father was a watch maker, but obtained a clerical education for his son. However, he became attached to music, as a violinist, and became an excellen ...

. In 1794, and hence posthumously, Maggi's biography of Bertelli was published.

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* 1756 births 1793 deaths 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Brescia Italian art historians 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-art-historian-stub