Antonio Consetti

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Antonio Consetti (1686–1766) was an Italian historical painter, born and died in Modena.

Biography[]

Antonio Consetti, Saint Possidonio patron of Mirandola

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 , 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] in Modena,[5] and [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.CS1 maint: location (link)
  1. ^ Fondazione San Carlo de Modena
  2. ^ Teatro e arti in Sassuolo, by Natale Cionini (1902) page 371.
  3. ^ Storia della letteratura Italiana nel secolo XVIII, Volume 4 By Antonio Lombardi. page 380
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ G. Tiraboschi, page 101.
  6. ^ G. Tiraboschi, page 128.


Retrieved from ""