Antonio Consetti
Antonio Consetti (1686–1766) was an Italian historical painter, born and died in Modena.
Biography
He was represented in the Estense Gallery of his native city, by a Virgin of the Rosary with St Dominic and a St Joseph & Angels. He painted the Virgin and child with St Rose at the Museo Civico d'Arte di Modena . Along with Pellegrino Spaggiari, he decorated the vault of the Sala dei Cardinali at the Collegio San Carlo of Modena.[1] In 1722, he moved back to Modena to open an Academy of drawing. He was the son of the painter Jacopino Consetti (1651-1726)[2] Among Consetti's pupils were Pietro Boselli who worked mainly in Rome.,[3][4] Silvio Barbini in Modena,[5] and Alessandro Bruggiati[6]
References
- Bryan, Michael (1886). Robert Edmund Graves, ed. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume I: A-K). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. p. 301.
- ↑ Fondazione San Carlo de Modena
- ↑ Teatro e arti in Sassuolo, by Natale Cionini (1902) page 371.
- ↑ Storia della letteratura Italiana nel secolo XVIII, Volume 4 By Antonio Lombardi. page 380
- ↑ Tiraboschi, Girolamo (1786). Notizie de' pittori, scultori, incisori, e architetti natii degli stati del Serenissimo Signor Duca di Modena. Presso la Societa' Tipografica, Modena; Digitized by Googlebooks. p. 126.
- ↑ G. Tiraboschi, page 101.
- ↑ G. Tiraboschi, page 128.
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