Angelo Monticelli (1778 – 1837) was an Italian neoclassical painter. He was a pupil of

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. He painted the second ''sipario'' or curtain for

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Theater in

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(1821), as well as for the theater in

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. A painter Angiolo Monticelli (1678-1749) is stated as a Bolognese landscape painter, who studied under

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. It is unclear if he is related to either this Angelo, or to Andrea Monticelli.

Gallery

File:Angelo monticelli shield-of-achilles.jpg, An interpretation of the

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design described in the Iliad, by Angelo Monticelli

Sources

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