Michelangelo Morlaiter

Italian artist (1729–1806)

Michelangelo Morlaiter (Venice, 23 December 1729 – 1806) was an Italian painter, active mainly in Venice. He was one of the founding members and professor of the Accademia di Scoltura, Pittura, ed Architettura Civile in Venice in 1766.^[1]

His father, Giovanni Maria Morlaiter, was a prominent sculptor. One of Michelangelo's pupils was Francesco Maggiotto.

Works in Venice

Palazzo Grassi, Frescoes
Palazzo Palazzo Michiel dalle Colonne, stucco decoration
Gallerie dell'Accademia, sala 18, Venice awards the arts.
Church of San Bartolomeo, canvas in ceiling of presbytery, depicting San Bartolomeo in gloria.
Church of Angelo San Raffaele, wall frescoes of Archangel Raphael and Tobias and ceiling 'God the Father in Glory of Angels.
Church of San Moisè, Angels behind Meyring's statue at main altar

Fresco in Palazzo Grassi, Venice
Venice awards the arts ^[2]
San Moisè, background angels by Morlaiter

Other works

Church of San Michele Arcangelo in Candiana, ceiling frescoes.^[3]
Parochial church of Biancade in Roncade, altarpiece of Virgin and child with Saints Simon and Giuda.^[4]
Palazzolo sull'Oglio, in Parrocchial Church, Coronation of the Virgin.

Notes

^ Saggio Sulla Storia Civile, Politica, Ecclesiastica E Sulla Corografia e Topografia degli Stati della Repubblica de Venezia, Volume 1 (1785), by Cristoforo Tentori, Appresso Giacomo Storti, Venice, page 295
^ https://www.gallerieaccademia.it/venezia-premia-le-arti
^ Ceiling in Candiana^{[permanent dead link]}.
^ "Pala di Biancade". Archived from the original on 2013-02-17. Retrieved 2012-07-29.