Raffaelle Monti

Raffaelo Monti (1818–1881) was an Italian sculptor/author/poet born in Milan. 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 and porcelain, while he remained active in the applied arts.

Works

• • "Veiled Vestal" 1847 Chatsworth House .^[2]

• • "A Circassian Slave in the Market Place at Constantinople" 1850 Wallace Collection.^[3]

• • "Veritas" 1853 Medeiros e Almeida Museum Medeiros de Almeida Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal.

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

• • Proscenium Arch 1858 Royal Opera House

• • "Charles Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry 1858 Market Place, Durham .^[4]

• • "The Sleep of Sorrow and the Dream of Joy" 1861 Victoria and Albert Museum

• • "Veiled Lady" 1860 Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Picture gallery

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