Luigi Sacchi

Luigi Sacchi (August 4, 1805 – June 22, 1861) was an Italian painter and engraver, but is chiefly notable as an early photographer, active mostly around his native city of Milan.

In 1859 the Sacchi brothers began publishing an art and photography magazine titled L'Artista[1] from the studio of Pompeo Pozzi.

[3] Luigi Sacchi, who came into contact with the art world from an early age because of the professions of his father Giuseppe and cousin Defendente, enrolled at the Brera Academy in 1822.

Driven by a desire to document and popularize the artistic and cultural heritage of the Italian peninsula through these means, he assumed from 1835 the graphic direction of the magazine Cosmorama Pittorico whose general editorship was entrusted to his brother Giuseppe, his father's namesake, and his cousin Defendente.

The magazine was a significant success, obtaining subscription requests from several parts of the peninsula in a still pre-unitary Italy.