Ambrogio Raffaele

{{Short description|Italian painter (1845–1928)}}

Ambrogio Raffaele or Raffele (1845–1928) was an Italian painter.

He was born in Vigevano. He studied under Antonio Fontanesi and Andrea Gastaldi at the Accademia Albertina in Turin, and was a colleague of Marco Calderini. He moved back to Vigevano late in life.[http://www.istitutomatteucci.it/it/dizionario-degli-artisti/raffaele-ambrogio Istituto Matteucci entry on Raffaele]. He painted both genre and landscapes, in oil and water-color. In 1880 at Turin, he exhibited: Bacia, sole immortale, bacia il tuo figlio. At Milan, in 1881, he had a landscape depicting Un tramonto di sole, and at Rome, in 1833, Lettrice distratta. Among his other works were La finestra dirimpetto; Piazza Pia a Roma; Al Colosseo; and Sera; Rome fuori Porta San Paolo and Passeggiata in montagna were watercolors displayed at the 1887 Exhibition in Venice.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Zz0bAAAAYAAJ|title=Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti|author=Angelo de Gubernatis|authorlink=Angelo de Gubernatis|publisher=Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier|year=1889|pages=400–401}} Singer Sargent painted a portrait of the artist with his painter's kit and chair, sitting atop a hillside in front of an alpine landscape. This underscores Raffaele's technique to paint his landscapes outdoors.[http://americanartgallery.org/artist/details/view/sshow/id/1115/pictureId/11300/tagid/30 Singer Seargent's portrait of Raffaele].

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