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Antonio Consetti (1686–1766) was an Italian historical painter, born and died in
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. In 1722, he moved back to Modena to open an Academy of drawing. He was the son of the painter
Modena
Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...
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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. In 1722, he moved back to Modena to open an Academy of drawing. He was the son of the painter Jacopino Consetti
Jacopino Consetti (1651–1726) was an Italian painter. Born in Modena, he was active in Este, and was named superintendent of the Galleria Estense
The Galleria Estense is an art gallery in the heart of Modena, centred around the collection ...
(1651-1726) Among Consetti's pupils were Pietro Boselli
Pietro Boselli (born 3 December 1988) is an Italian model, engineer, and former mathematics lecturer at University College London.
Biography
Boselli was born the first of four boys, he has three younger brothers.
Boselli was discovered at the ag ...
who worked mainly in Rome., Silvio Barbini in Modena, and Alessandro BruggiatiG. Tiraboschi, page 128.
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* 1686 births 1766 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Painters from Modena Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub