Antonio Caimi (16 April 1814 – 5 January 1878) was an Italian painter and biographer of artists, active in

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and best known for his portraits.

Biography

He was born at

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. He trained initially in the Accademia Carrara of

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under Diotti, but then moved to study in the Brera Academy under Sabatelli. He was chiefly engaged as a portrait painter, but also painted ''The Beheading of St. John the Baptist'' and ''The Return from Babylon''. He wrote a work on ''The Arts of Design, and the Lombardian Artists from 1777 to 1862'' published in

in 1862. He was secretary of the Brera Academy at Milan from 1860 until his death in that city.

References

* 1814 births 1878 deaths People from Sondrio 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Milan Italian art historians Academic staff of Brera Academy 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-art-historian-stub