Mauro Antonio Tesi

thumb|Algarotti thumbstone, designed by Tesi, on the left in neo-classical style

Mauro Antonio Tesi (January 15, 1730 – July 18, 1766), or, as he is sometimes called, after the name given him by his patron and admirer, Francesco Algarotti, "Il Maurino", was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Bologna. He is also considered an early proponent of the Neo-classical style.

Biography

He was born in Montalbano near Modena.^[1] He was largely self-taught and worked as both a decorative ^[2] and an architectural painter in churches and both public and private buildings in Bologna, Pistoia and Florence.^[3] He travelled with and illustrated the works of his compagnon Algarotti and designed the funeral monument on the Campo Santo in Pisa.^[4] He died in Bologna two years after Algarotti, it is said also by tuberculosis.^{[citation needed]}

Works

Two of his paintings can be seen in the Residenzschloss Ludwigsburg.

Sources

• Farquhar, Maria (1855). Ralph Nicholson Wornum, ed. Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters. Woodfall & Kinder, Angel Court, Skinner Street, London. pp. page 187. 
• Hobbes, James R. (1849). 's Picture collector's manual adapted to the professional man, and the amateur. T&W Boone, 29 Bond Street. pp. page 447. 

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