Carlo Bianconi

Carlo Bianconi (1732 – August 15, 1802) was an Italian painter, engraver, and architect.

In Bologna, he worked with Mauro Tesi in designing a monument to their patron, Count Francesco Algarotti.

[1] He was a member of the Accademia Clementina, but moved to Milan in 1778 and became secretary of the Brera Academy for twenty years.

In 1787, he published a Guide to Arts and Antiquities in Milan.

His brother Giovanni Ludovico Bianconi, was a neoclassical doctor, art historian, and antiquarian, who was a close friend of Winckelmann.