Raffaelle Monti

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Parian porcelain bust of "Love" by Raffaelle Monti. Issued by the Ceramic and Crystal Palace Art Union, and exhibited at the International Exhibition, London 1872. Photgraphed by William England, London Stereoscopic Company.
Parian porcelain bust of "Love" by Raffaelle Monti. Issued by the Ceramic and Crystal Palace Art Union, and exhibited at the International Exhibition, London 1872. Photgraphed by William England, London Stereoscopic Company.

Raffaelle Monti (1818-1881) was born in Milan, Italy. He studied under his father the noted sculptor Gaetano Matteo Monti. By way of Vienna and Milan, he came to London in 1848, and settled there.

He exhibited at the Royal Academy, and Monti soon earned recognition for his piece for the Duke of Devonshire, the "Veiled Vestal." A bust based on this work, cast in Parian porcelain by Copeland, was issued in 1861 by the Crystal Palace Art Union.[1]

Monti produced sculptures working in marble, but he also created in metals, porcelain, marble and remained active in the applied arts.

[edit] Works

    • "River Thames" 1854 St John's Lock on the River Thames below Lechlade Originally for the fountains at The Crystal Palace Sydenham


[edit] References

  1. ^ Fitzwilliam Museum - OPAC Record
  2. ^ Chatsworth - The collection highlights
  3. ^ The Wallace Collection
  4. ^ Durham, DUDU04, Statue, Monument to Third Marquis of Londonderry
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