Angelo Pietrasanta (1837–1876) was an Italian painter, mainly of historical canvases.Lodi monografia storico-artistica, by Felice De Angeli, Andrea Timolati, published in Milan (1877), page 134.
He was born in Codogno, and died in Milan. He was a pupil of Francesco Hayez at the Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. In 1879, he sent to the Exhibition of Parma an oil canvas depicting Lucrezia Borgia che d'accordo col fratello Duca Valentino, avvelena l'anfora preparata pel marito, duca d'Aragona. At the 1872 Exhibition of Milan, he exhibited an allegorical figure depicting Sacred Music.Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 377.
He painted frescoes for the interior of the church of the Incoronata in Lodi, and the Villa Oppenheim-Cora in Florence, Italy. He also painted the allegorical figure of Europa in one of the four lunettes of the octagon in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in Milan.La Pittura lombarda nel secolo XIX, Tipografia Capriolo e Massimino, 1900, page 74. He painted a Pico della Mirandola in the presence of Lorenzo de' Medici for the Royal Palace at Milan.History of Modern Italian Art, by Ashton Rollins Willard, page 464.
He was buried in the Monumental Cemetery of Milan, where Odoardo Tabacchi completed his bust.Italia: Alta Italia by Luigi Filippo Augusta Bolaffio, page 169.
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