Francesco Monti was an Italian

Italy

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 painter, of the late-Baroque

Baroque

The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...

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Born in Bologna

Bologna

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, and first a pupil of Sigismondo Caula

Sigismondo Caula

Sigismondo Caula was born at Modena in 1637. He was the pupil of Jean Boulanger, but finished his studies at Venice, from the works of Titian and Tintoretto. Besides his altar-pieces, he painted cabinet pictures for private collections. His best production was his large picture of 'St...

 in Modena

Modena

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 (1700–1703), then of Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole

Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole

Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole was an Italian painter and engraver from Bologna, active in the late-Baroque period....

 in Bologna. He worked in Brescia

Brescia

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, starting in 1738, painting frescoes on the vault of the church of Santa Maria della Pace. In 1741 he frescoed in Santo Spirito along with the Zanardi. Next he painted for the Chiesa del Patrocinio di M.V. sui Ronchi, in San Maurizio (1746), in Santa Maria del Carmine and in other regional churches such as S. Zeno, Capo di Ponte, Chiari, Sale Marasino, Zone. He also painted in Coccaglio

Coccaglio

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 (1745–1754). He died in Bergamo

Bergamo

Bergamo is a town and comune in Lombardy, Italy, about 40 km northeast of Milan. The comune is home to over 120,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent the metropolitan area of Milan...

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