Michele Fanoli (1807 – 19 September 1876) was an Italian painter and engraver, mainly of religious subjects and portraits in a Neoclassical style.

Biography

He was born in Cittadella, province of Padua. He studied under

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at the Academy of Fine Arts at

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, and at the

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at the urging of Cicognara. He traveled to Paris where he learned the art of

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. In Paris he made lithographic reproductions of major works including ''Deposition'' (1848), ''Les Willis'' (1848), ''Marriage at Cana'' (1849), ''Orpheus'' (1854), ''Last Supper'' (1855), and ''Immaculate Conception'' (1855), printed by Lemercier in Paris. When he returned to Italy in 1860, he was made director of the School of Lithography at the Brera Academy. Fanoli made a widely circulated painting from a scene in the opera ''

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''. He also engraved a fanciful inventory of the sculptural works of

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(1840). He was a lifelong friend of

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.Delle vita e delle opere di Luigi Carrer: studio
by Giovanni Battista Crovato, page V. He painted two works in Cittadella: ''La riconoscenza'' displayed in City Hall, and an altarpiece (''Blessed Veronica Giuliani receives Stigmata surrounded by Saints'') for the principal church of the town.

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1807 births 1876 deaths Artists from Padua 19th-century Italian painters 19th-century Italian male artists Italian male painters Italian engravers Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia alumni Academic staff of Brera Academy {{Italy-engraver-stub