Antonio Consetti

Antonio Consetti (1686–1766) 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

• Bryan, Michael (1886). Robert Edmund Graves, ed. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume I: A-K). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: 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. Presso la Societa' Tipografica, Modena; Digitized by Googlebooks. p. 126.
5. G. Tiraboschi, page 101.
6. G. Tiraboschi, page 128.