Antonio Consetti (1686–1766) was an Italian historical painter, born and died in Modena.

Biography

Antonio Consetti, Saint Possidonio patron of Mirandola

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

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  • Bryan, Michael (1886). Robert Edmund Graves (ed.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical. Vol. I: A-K. London: George Bell and Sons. p. 301.
  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. Modena: Presso la Societa' Tipografica. p. 126.
  5. ↑ G. Tiraboschi, page 101.
  6. ↑ G. Tiraboschi, page 128.


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