Silvestro Manaigo

None of his miniatures have survived, but precise information about them is recorded in the guide to Venice by Vincenzo Coronelli which was later amended by Pietro Guarienti.

[2] His activity as a designer of models, to be reproduced in engravings for printing, is preserved in numerous etching illustrations that have survived.

[3] Another precisely documented work is the "Martyrdom of Saint James" (1742), painted for the presbytery of Bergamo Cathedral.

[3] The crowded figures give a hint as to what his miniature style may have looked like.

[1] Overall, the small number of his works mentioned in the historical literature seems to indicate that most of his output was for private clients.