Michele Cusa

Education

He trained initially in Varallo, then studied at the Brera Academy of Milan under Giuseppe Gaudenzio Mazzola from Valdugia.

Career

Late in life he retired to Varallo, where he worked at reproducing in two dimensions all the scenes depicted in the 45 chapels of the Sacro Monte di Varallo. Cusa"s work was published in 1862. He earned the Cross of Knights of the Order of Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro.

Achievements

• In Turin in 1828, he won a stipend to study in Rome until he was recruited by the king to teach at the Albertina Academy.