Miguel Ângelo Lupi (8 May 1826–26 February 1883) was a Portuguese painter and art professor, who worked in the Romantic style.

[2] After graduating in 1848, he discovered that he could not support himself entirely by painting, as his parents had warned him, so he obtained a position at the "Imprensa Nacional" (the government printing office) as an assistant bookkeeper.

When he returned, he presented himself as a candidate for the Chair of Historical Painting at the Lisbon Academy with a canvas depicting the Kiss of Judas.

Three years later, he was placed in charge of inspecting the monument to King Pedro IV that was being created in Paris, and publishing an official report.

Upon his return, he received the Chair he had originally sought, a position which included producing portraits of notable public figures.