Michelangelo Fumagalli (April 14, 1812 – January 25, 1886) was an Italian painter born in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

. From 1832 to 1836, he was a pupil of

Luigi Sabatelli Luigi Sabatelli (21 February 1772 – 29 January 1850) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassic period, active in Milan, Rome, and his native city of Florence. Biography He studied in his native city and in Rome. In 1803, with the reorganizatio ...

at the

Brera Academy The Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera ("academy of fine arts of Brera"), also known as the or Brera Academy, is a state-run tertiary public academy of fine arts in Milan, Italy. It shares its history, and its main building, with the Pinacoteca di ...

. His father, Ignazio, was an engraver and sculptor in Milan, and had been Secretary of the Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. Fumagalli painted history and religious paintings as well as portraits. One of his contemporaries at the Brera was

Domenico Induno Domenico Induno (14 May 1815 – 5 November 1878) was an Italian painter, primarily of genre and historical scenes. His younger brother, Gerolamo, also became a well-known artist and they often worked together. Biography He was born in Mila ...

. He died in Milan.

Sources

Fumagalli , Michelangelo entry
by Dario Melani in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 50 (1998)

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1812 births 1886 deaths 19th-century Italian painters 19th-century Italian male artists Italian male painters Italian neoclassical painters Painters from Milan Brera Academy alumni {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub