Italian painter, decorator, and engraver (1777–1857)
Engraving by Aglio, of the 1824 Ancient Mexico exhibition, a collection of New World antiquities organised by
William Bullock.The now demolished church of
St Mary Moorfields, London: Aglio painted the panoramic fresco of the Crucifixion behind the high altar.
Agostino Aglio (15 December 1777 – 30 January 1857)[1] was an Italian
painter, decorator, and
engraver.
He was born at
Cremona. He initially studied at the
Brera Academy under
Giocondo Albertolli, and then traveled to
Rome to work under Campovecchio Mantovano.[2] In 1803 he came to England to assist
William Wilkins, the well-known architect, in the production of his Antiquities of Magna Graecia which was published in 1807. For many years Aglio was employed in the decoration of theaters, churches, and country mansions both in England and Ireland. In 1819, he was employed, along with the architect
Giovanni Battista Comolli, in painting vast frescoes for the Roman Catholic Church of
St Mary Moorfields, London. Between the years 1820 and 1830, he published several books on art including a Collection of Capitals and Friezes drawn from the Antique and Antiquities of Mexico illustrated with over 1000 plates, drawn from the originals. He also painted a portrait of
Queen Victoria, which was engraved.
A street in modern-day Cremona is named after the artist. He died on 30 January 1857 and was buried on the west side of
Highgate Cemetery.
Notes
^Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding
WorldCat Identities
linked authority file (LAF). Retrieved on 2008-06-17.
Ferrario, Giulio (1837). Aggiunte all'opera Il costume antico e moderno di tutti i popoli, cogli analoghi disegni (Enlarged and updated from the earlier edition published in Milan (1831–1834) under title Aggiunte e rettificazioni all'opera Il costume antico e moderno ed.). Firenze: V. Batelli.
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Wason, Charles William (1831). "Art. VIII.— Antiquities of Mexico; comprising Fac-similes of Ancient Mexican Paintings and Hieroglyphics, preserved in the Royal Libraries of Paris, Berlin and Dresden; in the Imperial Library of Vienna; in the Vatican Library; in the Borgian Museum at Rome; in the Library of the Institute at Bologna; and in the Bodleian Library at Oxford: together with the Monuments of New Spain, by M. Dupaix, with their respective Scales of Measurement, and accompanying Descriptions. The whole illustrated by many valuable inedited Manuscripts. By Augustus Aglio". The Monthly Review. From January to April inclusive, vol. 1. New and improved series. London: G. Henderson. pp. 253–274.
OCLC64054239.