Emilio Cavenaghi, an Italian painter of landscapes and genre pieces, was born in

Caravaggio Michelangelo Merisi (Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi) da Caravaggio, known as simply Caravaggio (, , ; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the final four years of hi ...

in 1852. He studied under

Giuseppe Bertini Giuseppe Bertini (1825–1898) was an Italian painter, active in his native Milan. Biography He studied at the Brera Academy under Luigi Sabatelli and Giuseppe Bisi, and in 1845 was awarded the ''Gran premio di pittura dell'Accademia di Brera ...

. ''La Stanza Poldi'' and ''The Music Amateur'', are two of his best works. He also designed many woodcuts for book-illustrations. He painted the decorations and sipario (curtain) of

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.''La Pittura lombarda nel secolo XIX.''
Tipografia Capriolo e Massimino, 1900, page 79. He died at

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in 1876. He appears to be a sibling to Luigi Cavenaghi (Caravaggio, August 8, 1844 – Milano, December 7, 1918).

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