Angiolo Achini was born in
Milan. He was educated at the
Brera Academy, where he studied under
Giuseppe Bertini. At age 27, he won a national prize for best
history painting. In his early 30s, he became a follower of painter
Tranquillo Cremona (a leading member of the
Scapigliatura). He painted two portraits of Cremona. After completing his studies, he exhibited paintings in
Rome and Milan in 1881 and in
Turin in 1882. He also exhibited his paintings abroad, e.g. in
Munich in 1888. Among his historical canvases were
Savonarola arrested and
Il colloquio di Clemente VII con Carlo VI ai danni of Firenze (1880, exhibited at Turin). In 1881 at Milan, he exhibited the landscape
Una nevicata. He died in Milan on January 16, 1930. ==Works==