Carlo Bianconi
Illustration — Villa Bianconi Rusconi Bassi in Crespellano, Italy • Illustration — Decorated Coat of Arms by Carlo Bianconi Carlo Bianconi (1732 – August 15, 1802) was an Italian painter, engraver, and architect.
Also recorded as Carlo Branconi · Carlo Andrea Francesco Liborio Bianconi · C. Bianconi · Carlo, Abate Bianconi
Carlo Bianconi
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- Born
- 1732 · Bologna.
- Died
- 1802 · Milan.
- Nationality
- Italy
- Occupation
- painter · sculptor · architect · art historian · artist · ornamentist
- Teachers
- Ercole Graziani the Younger · Ercole Lelli
- Languages
- Italian
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Illustration — Villa Bianconi Rusconi Bassi in Crespellano, Italy • Illustration — Decorated Coat of Arms by Carlo Bianconi Carlo Bianconi (1732 – August 15, 1802) was an Italian painter, engraver, and architect.
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Training under Ercole Graziani the Younger and Ercole Lelli is recorded. The recorded working language is Italian. Places of work recorded in the authority are Bologna and Milan. Employment is recorded with Brera Academy. Work by Carlo Bianconi is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Museo del Prado and Certosa di Bologna.
He trained in Bologna with Ercole Graziani the Younger in Bologna. He created many engravings of antiquities. In Bologna, he worked with Mauro Tesi in designing a monument to their patron, Count Francesco Algarotti. He was a member of the Accademia Clementina, but moved to Milan in 1778 and became secretary of the Brera Academy for twenty years. he had helped edit Malvasia's guide to Bologna. In 1787, he published a Guide to Arts and Antiquities in Milan. He died in Milan. His brother Giovanni Ludovico Bianconi, was a neoclassical doctor, art historian, and antiquarian, who was a close friend of Winckelmann.
Giovanni Lodovico Bianconi. Line engraving by J. Benaglia after C. Bianconi., by Carlo Bianconi
Carlo Bianconi · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
The burial of Saint Dominic in Bologna in 1221: friars placing the corpse of Saint Dominic into a coffin in the presence of Cardinal Ugolinus. Line engraving by T. Wier and A. Tendi after a marble relief by C. Bianconi and J-B. Boudard., by Carlo Bianconi
Carlo Bianconi · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
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