Michele Gordigiani

He painted a portrait of the Piedmontese painter, Ludovico Raymond, who also spent time at the Caffè.

[2] He was in much demand as a portrait painter, and among his subjects were King Vittorio Emanuele II, his daughter-in-law Queen Margherita, and the Count of Cavour.

Due to his friendship with Luigi Mussini, he was a member of the commission for the triennial contest for painting at the Sienese institute of Art.

In this period, his colleagues and friends included the writers and intellectuals Andrea Maffei, Edmondo De Amicis, and Enrico Nencioni [it].

[4] Among his pupils were Fosco Tricca, Francesca Magliani, Pompeo Massani, and Alfredo Müller.