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Angelo Ardinghi (1850 –1897) was an Italian wood engraver.He was born in Forte de’ Marmi near Pietrasanta in the province of Lucca. He first trained in Siena with Giulio Tadini then in 1803 moved to the Instituto di Belle Arti working under the engraver P. Giusti. At Siena he won a number of competitions there. He obtained a stipend from the province of Lucca and moved to Bologna to work under professor Francesco Ratti and from there to Milan where he opened a studio for wood engraving.