Michele Plancher (1808 – 1888) was an

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painter, depicting historic-mythologic and sacred subjects. He trained, along with

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under Domenico Muzzi at the city's Academy of Fine Arts. Upon the death of Muzzi, he studied under Biagio Martini, whose contemporary pupils also included Antonio Isac,

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, Giambattista Callegari, Giambattista Borghesi, Tommaso Gasparotti, and Stanislao Campana. He painted for the church of

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. Plancher was most active from 1815 to 1835.La Reale Academia Parmense di Belle Arti
by Pietro Martini, page 16.

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1808 births 1848 deaths 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Parma Italian neoclassical painters 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub