Paolo Mei

Paolo Mei (18 June 1831 – 21 March 1900) was an Italian painter active in Rome.

[2] His initial training was under Tommaso Minardi, then a professor at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome.

[3] By 1856, he had formulated a strong friendship with the painter Cesare Fracassini, who was to help him obtain many commissions.

In 1859, he helped decorate the rooms in the Palazzo Raffaelli in Cingoli, in the province of Macerata.

He painted a number of small canvases with scenes of life in Ancient Rome (also called Neo-Pompeian themes).