Vincenzio Vangelisti (c. 1740–1798) was an Italian engraver. He was born at

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. He visited

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when young, where he became a pupil of Ignazio Hugford and Johann Georg Wille. Emperor Leopold II of Austria invited him in 1766 to

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, where he became professor in the

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, and in 1790 first director of the School of Engraving instituted by that prince. He committed suicide, after having defaced his remaining copper plates. Among engravers, who studied under him, were Giuseppe Longhi, who succeeded him as professor, and Faustino and Pietro Anderloni. Among his engravings are: * ''Pyramus and Thisbe'' from a picture by

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. * Portraits of ''Armand de Bourbon, Prince de Conde. Georges Louis, Comte de Buffon''; all after Abel de Pujol. * ''Satyr and Nymph'' after one of the

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artists. * ''Virgin and Child'' after

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. * ''Venus chastising Cupid'' after

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* 1740s births 1798 deaths Artists from Milan Italian engravers Academic staff of Brera Academy {{Italy-engraver-stub