Pietro Bignami (died 1830) was an Italian painter, active in the early 19th century in

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Biography

He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, a contemporary of

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, and painted battle scenes, landscapes and genre scenes. He painted a panorama of the '' Battle of Lodi Bridge, May 10, 1796'' in which

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himself participated in the assault of his troops. He also painted a '' Bernabò Visconti lost in a Forest''. He also painted a monochrome depiction of musical instruments for the organ covers of the church of

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.Lodi monografia storico-artistica
by Felice De Angeli, Andrea Timolati, published in Milan (1877), page 134.

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Year of birth unknown 1830 deaths 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Lombardy Italian battle painters 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub