Michelangelo Morlaiter (Venice, 23 December 1729 – 1806) was an Italian painter, active mainly in Venice. He was one of the founding members and professor of the Accademia di Scoltura, Pittura, ed Architettura Civile in Venice in 1766.Saggio Sulla Storia Civile, Politica, Ecclesiastica E Sulla Corografia e Topografia degli Stati della Repubblica de Venezia, Volume 1 (1785), by Cristoforo Tentori, Appresso Giacomo Storti, Venice, page 295
His father, Giovanni Maria Morlaiter, was a prominent sculptor. One of Michelangelo's pupils was Francesco Maggiotto.
Works in Venice Palazzo Grassi, Frescoes Palazzo Palazzo Michiel dalle Colonne, stucco decoration Gallerie dell'Accademia, sala 18, Venice awards the arts. Church of San Bartolomeo, canvas in ceiling of presbytery, depicting San Bartolomeo in gloria. Church of Angelo San Raffaele, wall frescoes of Archangel Raphael and Tobias and ceiling 'God the Father in Glory of Angels. Church of San Moisè, Angels behind Meyring's statue at main altar
Other works Church of San Michele Arcangelo in Candiana, ceiling frescoes.Ceiling in Candiana. Parochial church of Biancade in Roncade, altarpiece of Virgin and child with Saints Simon and Giuda. Palazzolo sull'Oglio, in Parrocchial Church, Coronation of the Virgin.
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