Pietro Michis (August 12, 1836 – November 24, 1903) was an Italian painter, mostly of genre scenes.
Biography
editHe was a resident of Milan, the city of his birth. In 1851 he began studies at the Brera Academy under Giuseppe Bertini. He married the painter Maria Cattaneo; they often worked together on canvases. He became director of the school of painting in Pavia.[1][2]
Michis mainly painted both pure genre and historic subjects, sometimes called genere de costume or costumed genre.[3] Among the main works of Michis: in 1887 at Naples, he exhibited Fruit of a Diverse Education, Vigil for Epiphany, and The modern pilgrim; in 1880 at Turin, he exhibited L'estremo vale di Leone X a Raffaello, The astrologer Cornelius Agrippa predicts to Francis I of France that he will be defeated at Pavia, and Il racconto del naufrago; in 1881 at Milan, Le beghine, Interior of Baptistery of Pisa; in 1883, a portrait of marchese Apollinare Rocca Saporiti della Sforzesca, completed by commission of the Count Marcello Rocca Saporiti della Sforzesca; and in 1884 at Turin, Astio antico and Nel cortile.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ Bollettino della Società pavese di storia patria, Volumes 7-8, page 65.
- ^ Obituary in Emporium, volume 19, pages 159-163
- ^ Emporium, page 160
- ^ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti, by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, pages 300-301.
- ^ Enciclopedia Treccani entry Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 74 (2010) by Francesco Franco.
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