Gaetano Monti was an Italian

Italy

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 sculptor, active in Milan

Milan

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. Little is known about his career; he was, for a time, active as a teacher of anatomy

Anatomy

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 at the Ospedale Maggiore

Ospedale Maggiore

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, where he numbered among his pupils Andrea Appiani

Andrea Appiani

Andrea Appiani was an Italian neoclassical painter.-Biography:He was born in Milan. He had been intended to follow his father's career in medicine but instead entered the private academy of the painter Carlo Maria Giudici . He received instruction in drawing, copying mainly from sculpture and prints...

 and Gaetano Matteo Monti

Gaetano Matteo Monti

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 and the Arco della Pace with a similarly named Milanese sculptor, Gaetano Monti .His son was the sculptor Raffaelle...

. Monti is sometimes confused with the latter due to the similarity between their names, and the fact that the younger artist also spent part of his career in Milan.