Francesco Monti (Bologna)

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Francesco Monti (1683-14 April 1768) was an Italian painter, of the late-Baroque.

Born in Bologna, and first a pupil of Sigismondo Caula in Modena (1700-1703), then of Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole in Bologna. He worked in Brescia, starting in 1738, painting frescoes on the vault of the church of Santa Maria della Pace. In 1741 he frescoed in in Santo Spirito along with the Zanardi. Next he painted for the Chiesa del Patrocinio di M.V. sui Ronchi, in San Maurizio (1746), in Santa Maria del Carmine and in other regional churches such as S. Zeno, Capo di Ponte, Chiari, Sale Marasino, Zone. He also painted in Coccaglio (1745 - 1754). He died in Bergamo.