Gaetano Matteo Monti

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The façade of San Fedele church in Milan (Italy). The relief of the "Assumption of Mary", was sculpted by Gaetano Matteo Monti.
The façade of San Fedele church in Milan (Italy). The relief of the "Assumption of Mary", was sculpted by Gaetano Matteo Monti.

Gaetano Matteo Monti (born Ravenna, 1776–died Milan, 1847) was an Italian sculptor, working in the Neoclassical style.

He studied in Bologna and Rome and then moved to Milan, where he worked on Milan Cathedral (Duomo de Milano).[1] and the Arco della Pace with a similarly named Milanese sculptor Gaetano Monti (1750-1827).

His son was the sculptor Raffaelle Monti[2]

[edit] Works

    • Tomb of Count Paolo Tosio", Vantiniano Cemetery, Brescia 1842[3]
    • Bust of Countess Maria Laderchi of Faenza,).[4]
    • Bust of Ambrogio Calepino ca. 1839
    • Monuments to Giuseppe Parini and Giuseppe Zanoja in Pinacoteca di Brera
    • Tomb of Bishop Gabrio Maria Nava, Duomo di Brescia,
    • Moses Fountain, at the Sacro Monte in Varese
    • Tomb of Bishop Gabrio Maria Nava in the Cathedral of Brescia,

[edit] References

  1. ^ Italian Memorial Sculpture, 1820-1940: A Legacy of Love By ‬Sandra‎ ‬Berresford‎
  2. ^ Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660 - 1851, Rupert Gunnis 1951
  3. ^ Italian Memorial Sculpture, 1820-1940: A Legacy of Love By ‬Sandra‎ ‬Berresford‎
  4. ^ Bibliotecame.org
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