Andrea Appiani (1754–1817)

• Was an Italian painter.
• Born in Milan.
• He entered the private academy of the painter Carlo Maria Giudici where he received instruction in drawing.
• He then joined the class of the fresco painter Antonio de' Giorgi.
• He also frequented the studio of Martin Knoller.
• In 1776 he entered the Brera Academy of Fine Arts.
• His masterpiece are the frescoes depicting Allegories of Virtues and others honoring Napoleon in the rooms of the Royal Palace of Milan.
• He had a pension of the Kingdom of Italy by Napoleon.
• He is known as "the elder", to distinguish him from his great-nephew Andrea Appiani, an historical painter in Rome.
• Appiani painted a large canvas of the Encounter of Rachel and Jacob for a church in Alzano.
• The Brera has a fresco by Appiani representing Olympus.
• He died at Milan in 1817.
• Among his pupils are Antonio De Antoni, Carlo Prajer, Angelo Monticelli, and Giuseppe Bossi.
• The displayed painting is a crop from Andrea Appiani, Self-portrait, between 1790 and 1799.
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