Vincenzo Angelo Orelli
Swiss painter
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| Intro | Swiss painter | |
| Places | Switzerland | |
| was | Painter | |
| Work field | Arts | |
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| Birth | 10 April 1751, Locarno | |
| Death | 21 January 1813Bergamo (aged 61 years) |
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Vincenzo Angelo Orelli (1751-1813) was a Swiss-Italian painter, mainly of sacred subjects, active in a late baroque style.
He was born in Locarno in the Ticino, but active also in Milan and Bergamo. He is the son of the painter Giuseppe Antonio Orelli. He painted the dome of the church of Serina. He also had the name of Francesco Saverio Angelico Orelli. He trained in Milan and travelled in 1773-1775 to Rome. He was a friend of Paolo Vincenzo Bonomini.