Pietro Anderloni (12 October 1785,

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– 13 October 1849,

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) was an Italian Neoclassical engraver.

Biography

He was the youngest of seven children born to Giovanni Battista Anderloni, a wealthy farmer, and Anna Maria née Ronco. His brother, Faustino was also an engraver. He began by studying drawing, with the intention of becoming a painter, but when Faustino moved to

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to take a position as an art teacher, Pietro joined him there. He continued to study drawing and painting, and learned copper engraving from his brother. His first creations in that medium were copies of anatomical drawings for the works of

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. In 1803, he produced his first independent work. To perfect his technique, he went to

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, where he studied with

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. He spent nine years there, mostly as an assistant to Longhi, but continued to produce his own engravings. A notable exception came when he was entrusted with a commission from

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, the Viceroy of the

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. It was to be a depiction of

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, visiting camp after the

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. The engraving was based on a painting by Antonio Raffaele Calliano, and won a gold medal for Anderloni in 1810.Handbook to the department of prints and drawings in the British museum
by Louis Alexander Fagan. He eventually specialized in portraits, after

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, and many others. He also created numerous copies of works by the Old Masters; notably ''

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'', by

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. In 1831, he succeeded Longhi as Professor of Engraving at the

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. In 1835, he was elected a fourth class, corresponding member of the Royal Institute of the Netherlands.

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Biography of Anderloni
by Alfredo Petrucci, from the ''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderloni, Pietro Italian engravers Academic staff of Brera Academy 1784 births 1849 deaths Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Artists from the Austrian Empire

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