Angelo Ardinghi

Background

He was born in Forte de" Marmi near Pietrasanta in the province of Lucca.

Career

He first trained in Siena with Giulio Tadini, then in 1803, moved to the Instituto di Belle Arti, working under the engraver P. Giusti. He obtained a stipend from the province of Lucca, and moved to Bologna to work under professor Francesco Ratti, and from there to Milan, where he opened a studio for wood engraving. He became a professor of xylography (wood-cut engraving) at the Scuola professionale of Florence.

Among his works are:

Portrait of Michelangelo for the l"Illustrazione Italiana

Monument of the Commune and province of Lucca

Portraits in the Dizionario Biografico degli scrittori viventi by Angelo De Gubernatis (1880)

Illustrations to a Guida dell" Italia Centrale (1882).

Achievements

• At Siena, he won a number of competitions there. He won awards in 1877 at the Provincial Exposition of Lucca.