Antonio Consetti

Antonio Consetti (16861766) was an Italian historical painter, born and died in Modena.

Biography

He was represented in the Estense Gallery of his native city, by a Virgin of the Rosary with St Dominic and a St Joseph & Angels. He painted the Virgin and child with St Rose at the Museo Civico d'Arte di Modena . Along with Pellegrino Spaggiari, he decorated the vault of the Sala dei Cardinali at the Collegio San Carlo of Modena.[1] In 1722, he moved back to Modena to open an Academy of drawing. He was the son of the painter Jacopino Consetti (1651-1726)[2] Among Consetti's pupils were Pietro Boselli who worked mainly in Rome.,[3][4] Silvio Barbini in Modena,[5] and Alessandro Bruggiati[6]

References

  1. Fondazione San Carlo de Modena
  2. Teatro e arti in Sassuolo, by Natale Cionini (1902) page 371.
  3. Storia della letteratura Italiana nel secolo XVIII, Volume 4 By Antonio Lombardi. page 380
  4. Tiraboschi, Girolamo (1786). Notizie de' pittori, scultori, incisori, e architetti natii degli stati del Serenissimo Signor Duca di Modena. Presso la Societa' Tipografica, Modena; Digitized by Googlebooks. p. 126.
  5. G. Tiraboschi, page 101.
  6. G. Tiraboschi, page 128.