Francesco Monti (Bologna)

Francesco Monti (1685 – 14 April 1768) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque.

Born in Bologna, he studied art for three years with Sigismondo Caula in Modena,^[1] and then starting in 1701 with Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole^[2] in Bologna. His neo-Mannerist style was influenced by Donato Creti, Giuseppe Maria Crespi, and Parmigianino. A prolific painter, he worked in oil and in fresco.

His first known work, dating from 1713, is a Pentecost for the Basilica of San Prospero in Reggio Emilia.^{[citation needed]} Other early works include a Rape of the Sabines for Count Ranuzzi and a Triumph of Mordecai for the court at Turin.^[2]^[3] Around this time, he was commissioned, along with other painters, to provide decorations for the Duke of Richmond's Goodwood Palace.^{[citation needed]} He also executed commissions for a number of churches in Bolognia.^[2] Within a few years, he was admitted to the prestigious Accademia Clementina.^{[citation needed]}

In 1738, he moved to Brescia, where he painted frescoes on the vault of the church of Santa Maria della Pace.^{[citation needed]} He received other commissions from regional churches in San Zeno, Capo di Ponte, Chiari, Sale Marasino, and elsewhere.^[1] From 1740 onwards, he was also active in the area of Cremona.^{[citation needed]}

Among his pupils were Gaetano Sabadini,^[4] his daughter Eleonora Monti,^[5] and the priest Antonio Montelatici.^[6]

He died in Brescia.

[1]
Indicearte biography.
[2]
Spooner, S., ed. A Biographical History of the Fine Arts, vo. 2 (M to Z). New York: Leypoldt & Holt, 1867, p. 682.
[3]
Lanzi, Luigi. The History of Painting in Italy, vol. 2. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1847, pp. 149-50.
[4]
De Boni, F. Dizionario.
[5]
Crespi, Luigi. "Eleonora Monti". From Vite de' pittori bolognesi non descritte nella Felsina Pittrice. Rome, 1769. Trans. Julia K. Dabbs with Viktor Berberi. In Life Stories of Women Artists, 1550–1800: An Anthology, pp. 317-18.
[6]
Tolomei, Francesco. Guida di Pistoia per gli amanti delle belle arti con notizie, 1821, p. 187.

[indicearte-1] [1]
Indicearte biography.

[Spooner-2] [2]
Spooner, S., ed. A Biographical History of the Fine Arts, vo. 2 (M to Z). New York: Leypoldt & Holt, 1867, p. 682.

[Lanzi-3] [3]
Lanzi, Luigi. The History of Painting in Italy, vol. 2. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1847, pp. 149-50.

[deBoni-4] [4]
De Boni, F. Dizionario.

[crespi-5] [5]
Crespi, Luigi. "Eleonora Monti". From Vite de' pittori bolognesi non descritte nella Felsina Pittrice. Rome, 1769. Trans. Julia K. Dabbs with Viktor Berberi. In Life Stories of Women Artists, 1550–1800: An Anthology, pp. 317-18.

[Tolomei-6] [6]
Tolomei, Francesco. Guida di Pistoia per gli amanti delle belle arti con notizie, 1821, p. 187.

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