Michele Bisi

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Michele Bisi (born 1788) an Italian engraver and painter. He was born at Genoa, does honor to the schools of Bartolozzi, [[Francesco Rosaspina| Rosaspina], and Longhi. He first distinguished himself by the publication of the Pinacoteca del Palazzo Reale delle Scienze e delle Arti di Milano for which he was aided by his wife, Ernesta, who was likewise a pupil of Giuseppe Longhi. In 1819 he undertook a series of engravings from the paintings of Andrea Appiani, in which he was assisted by some of the best scholars of Longhi. His engraving of Venus embracing Cupid .

Subsequently he made engravings of:

• The Virgin and Infant Christ enthroned attended by St. Anthony and St. Barbara, after [[Bernardino Luini|Luini.
• Andromeda and Perseus, after Guercino.
• Adoration of the Virgin, after Sassoferrato.
• Offering of the Magi, after Gaudenzio Ferrari.

He also succeeded as a painter of landscapes.

[edit] References

• Bryan, Michael (1886). in Robert Edmund Graves: Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume I: A-K). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons, page 131.