Antonio Consetti (23 February 1686 – 24 January 1766) was an Italian historical painter, born and died in Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio.
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.Fondazione San Carlo de Modena In 1722, he moved back to Modena to open an Academy of drawing. He was the son of the painter Jacopino Consetti (1651-1726)Teatro e arti in Sassuolo, by Natale Cionini (1902) page 371. Among Consetti's pupils were Pietro Boselli who worked mainly in Rome.,Storia della letteratura Italiana nel secolo XVIII, Volume 4 By Antonio Lombardi. page 380 Silvio Barbini in Modena,G. Tiraboschi, page 101. and Alessandro BruggiatiG. Tiraboschi, page 128.
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