Carlo Frigerio was an Italian

Italy

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 painter, and a pupil of Santo Cattaneo

Santo Cattaneo

Santo or Sante Cattaneo was an Italian painter of the Neoclassic period, mainly active in Brescia.He was also called Santino. He was born at Salo. His parents traveled away and consigned him at age three to thirteen to his aunt. He then moved to Brescia to live with his mother, who worked in wool...

. He was mainly active in Brescia

Brescia

Brescia is a city and comune in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, between the Mella and the Naviglio, with a population of around 197,000. It is the second largest city in Lombardy, after the capital, Milan...

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Along with Santo Cattaneo

Santo Cattaneo

Santo or Sante Cattaneo was an Italian painter of the Neoclassic period, mainly active in Brescia.He was also called Santino. He was born at Salo. His parents traveled away and consigned him at age three to thirteen to his aunt. He then moved to Brescia to live with his mother, who worked in wool...

 and other artists, he contributed decorations and fresco

Fresco

Fresco is any of several related mural painting types, executed on plaster on walls or ceilings. The word fresco comes from the Greek word affresca which derives from the Latin word for "fresh". Frescoes first developed in the ancient world and continued to be popular through the Renaissance...

s to the Cigola-Fenaroli Mansion, located between Via Carlo Cattaneo and Piazza Tebaldo Brusato in Brescia

Brescia

Brescia is a city and comune in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, between the Mella and the Naviglio, with a population of around 197,000. It is the second largest city in Lombardy, after the capital, Milan...

; the building was erected in the 16th and 17th centuries by the Cigola Counts of Muslone.

Federico Nicoli Cristiani wrote of Frigerio in 1807, "He had a beautiful hope to succeed in art, but death claimed him."