Filippo Abbiati

Filippo Abbiati (1640–1715) was an Italian painter of the early-Baroque period, active in Lombardy and Turin, together with Andrea Lanzani and Stefano Maria Legnani, he was a prominent mannerist painters from the School of Lombardy. Born in Milan, he was a pupil of the painter Antonio Busca. Alessandro Magnasco was one of his pupils along with Pietro Maggi and Giuseppe Rivola. Ticozzi claims he trained, along with Federigo Bianchi, with Carlo Francesco Nuvolone. Along with Bianchi, he painted the cupola of Sant'Alessandro Martire in Milan. Abbiati also painted a St. John preaching in the Wilderness for a church in Saronno. Abbiati died in Milan.

Works

The Solemn Entrance of Charles Borromeo in Milan (1670–80), from the Quadroni of St. Charles, Milan Cathedral

Portrait of Filippo Pirogalli (around 1677), Milan, Ospedale Maggiore

Birth of Mary (around 1680), Santa Maria dei Miracoli Basilica, Morbio Inferiore, Switzerland

Apparition of the Virgin (1683–85), musée Calvet, Avignon, oil on canvas, 55 × 66 cm

Self-Portrait, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan

History of St Andrea of Avellino, Sant'Antonio Abate, Milan

Apparition of Virgin to Pope Honorius III, Church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Pavia

San Siro before the Pope, Pavia Cathedral

David, Moses at Sant'Agostino, Pavia

St John Preaching in the Wilderness, a church in Saronno

His other works are at the Pinacoteca Carrara in Bergamo and the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan.