Ambrogio Preda (Milan, 25 December 1839 - Davesco Soragno, Lugano, 5 June 1906) was an Italian painter, mainly of landscapes of the alpine mountains and valleys.pittori italiani dell'ottocento: dizionario critico e documentario(1934), by Agostino Maria Commanducci, Page 555
Born in Lombardy, he studied at the Brera Academy, and was a resident of Milan and Lugano. In 1860, he won a Mylius prize at the Brera Academy.Archivio Storico Lombardo, page 972 He painted impressions of alpine landscapes including Ottobre, exhibited at Turin in 1884, Lago di Lugano, exhibited at Milan in 1881; Davesio exhibited at Turin in 1880; and a Veduta nella Svizzera Italiana exhibited at Milan, in 1872. He should not be confused with the Milanese Renaissance painter Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis. Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 390.
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