Bianchi, Federigo

Bianchi, Federigo a Milanese painter, born near the close of the 16th century, was a relative and scholar of Giulio Cesare Procaccini. When seventy years old, Orlandi says, he painted three frescos in the cloister of the monastery of Zoccolanti, at Milan; also several other works in that city. He was honored with a gold medal and chain by the duke of Savoy. See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.