Carlo Prajer

Carlo Prajer or Carlo Prayer (Active 1789-1832) was a late 18th- and early 19th-century painter and engraver. He was born in Milan, and active in Lombardy. A pupil of Andrea Appiani, he became director of the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo.[1] He painted four canvases designed by Giuseppe Bossi depicting the Life of Leonardo for the Villa Melzi d'Eril in Bellagio.[2]

References

1. • Caimi, Antonio (1862). Delle arti del designo e degli artisti nelle provincie di Lombardia dal 1777-1862. Milan, Italy: Presso Luigi di Giacomo Pirola. p. 48.
2. • Carroti, Giulio (1901). Delle Capi d'arte: appartenenti a S.E. la duchessa Joséphine Melzi d'Eril-Barbò. p. 122.