Gaetano Matteo Monti
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Gaetano Matteo Monti was an Italian
sculptor, working in the Neoclassical
style.
He studied in Bologna
and Rome
and then moved to Milan, where he worked on Milan Cathedral (Duomo de Milano) and the Arco della Pace with a similarly named Milanese sculptor, Gaetano Monti
(1750-1827).
His son was the sculptor Raffaelle Monti.
Italy
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sculptor, working in the Neoclassical
Neoclassicism
Neoclassicism is the name given to Western movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that draw inspiration from the "classical" art and culture of Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome...
style.
He studied in Bologna
Bologna
Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
and Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
and then moved to Milan, where he worked on Milan Cathedral (Duomo de Milano) and the Arco della Pace with a similarly named Milanese sculptor, Gaetano Monti
Gaetano Monti
Gaetano Monti was an Italian sculptor, active in Milan. Little is known about his career; he was, for a time, active as a teacher of anatomy at the Ospedale Maggiore, where he numbered among his pupils Andrea Appiani and Gaetano Matteo Monti...
(1750-1827).
His son was the sculptor Raffaelle Monti.
Works
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- Tomb of Count Paolo Tosio", Vantiniano Cemetery, Brescia 1842
- Bust of Countess Maria Laderchi of Faenza,).
- Bust of Ambrogio CalepinoAmbrogio CalepinoAmbrogio Calepino , commonly known by the Latin form of his name, Calepinus, was an Italian lexicographer....
ca. 1839 - Monuments to Giuseppe PariniGiuseppe PariniGiuseppe Parini was an Italian Enlightenment satirist and poet of the neoclassic period.-Biography:Parini was born in Bosisio in Brianza, Lombardy...
and Giuseppe Zanoja in Pinacoteca di Brera - Tomb of Bishop Gabrio Maria Nava, Duomo di Brescia,
- Moses Fountain, at the Sacro Monte in VareseVareseVarese is a town and comune in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, 55 km north of Milan.It is the capital of the Province of Varese. The hinterland or urban part of the city is called Varesotto.- Geography :...
- Tomb of Bishop Gabrio Maria Nava in the Cathedral of Brescia,