Claim: Giuseppe Bossi was educated at the college of Monza and a fine arts academy at Milan; then met Jacques-Louis David in Milan in 1802.
Evidence: He was educated at the college of Monza; and his early fondness for drawing was fostered by the director of the college. He then studied at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts at Milan, and spent the years 1795–1801 in Rome, where he drew Roman remains and honed his skills in drawing anatomy at the morgue of a hospital and formed an intimate friendship with Canova, who made a portrait bust of Bossi .