Prospero Piatti (c. 1842 – 15 July 1902) was an Italian painter known for depiction of Neo-Pompeian and sacred subjects.

Biography

He was born in Ferrara and died in Rome. As a boy, his family had moved to Rome and he learned his trade with Alessandro Mantovani, who was engaged in frescoing loggias of the Vatican. He then studied at the

Accademia di San Luca The Accademia di San Luca (the "Academy of Saint Luke") is an Italian academy of artists in Rome. The establishment of the Accademia de i Pittori e Scultori di Roma was approved by papal brief in 1577, and in 1593 Federico Zuccari became its fir ...

with

Tommaso Minardi Tommaso Minardi (December 4, 1787 – January 12, 1871) was an Italian painter and author on art theory, active in Faenza, Rome, Perugia, and other towns. He painted in styles that transitioned from Neoclassicism to Romanticism. Biography Mi ...

and, for a year, with

Friedrich Overbeck Johann Friedrich Overbeck (3 July 1789 – 12 November 1869) was a German painter. As a member of the Nazarene movement, he also made four etchings. Early life and education Born in Lübeck, his ancestors for three generations had been Protes ...

. This imbued him with the fading styles of

Purismo ''Purismo'' was an Italian cultural movement which began in the 1820s. The group intended to restore and preserve language through the study of medieval authors, and such study extended to the visual arts. Inspired by the Nazarenes from Germany, ...

circulating in Rome. In 1865, he gained one of the commissions to decorate

San Paolo fuori le Mura The Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls ( it, Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura), commonly known as Saint Paul's Outside the Walls, is one of Rome's four major papal basilicas, along with the basilicas of Saint John in the ...

, specifically the chapel of the choir, where he depicted the ''Life of Pope Gregory VII''. He painted for rooms in the Villa Torlonia in Rome. He painted an altarpiece depicting the ''Baptism of Christ'' (1879) for the

Cathedral of Ferrara Ferrara Cathedral ( it, Basilica Cattedrale di San Giorgio, ''Duomo di Ferrara'') is a Roman Catholic cathedral and minor basilica in Ferrara, Northern Italy. Dedicated to Saint George, the patron saint of the city, it is the seat of the Archbish ...

. He also frescoed for the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Buon Consiglio in

Genazzano Genazzano is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Rome, located on a tuff spur at above sea level that, starting from the Monti Prenestini, ends on the Sacco River valley. History The name originates from its role as vacation resort ...

. In 1894, he painted a triptych of the Adoration for the apse of the church of the Addolorata in

Mosciano Sant'Angelo Mosciano Sant'Angelo ( Moscianese: ', ') is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Teramo in the Abruzzo region of eastern Italy. Nearby communes include Bellante, Castellalto, Giulianova, Notaresco, Roseto degli Abruzzi, Sant'Omero, Tortore ...

. He painted two large canvases: ''Funerals of Caesar'' and ''Cato departs from the Theater during Floralia'' (1900), now on exhibit in the Sala de Prensa Fray Camilo Henríquez, Biblioteca Nacional of Chile.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Piatti, Prospero 1842 births 1902 deaths 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 20th-century Italian painters Painters from Ferrara Neo-Pompeian painters 19th-century Italian male artists 20th-century Italian male artists