Mauro Antonio Tesi
Mauro Antonio Tesi (January 15, 1730 – July 18, 1766), or, as he is sometimes called, after the name given him by his patron and admirer, Francesco Algarotti, "Il Maurino", was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Bologna. He is also considered an early proponent of the Neo-classical style.
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Biography
He was born in Montalbano near Modena.[1] He was largely self-taught and worked as both a decorative [2] and an architectural painter in churches and both public and private buildings in Bologna, Pistoia and Florence.[3] He travelled with and illustrated the works of his compagnon Algarotti and designed the funeral monument on the Campo Santo in Pisa.[4] One of his pupils was Valentino Baldi. He died in Bologna two years after Algarotti, it is said also by tuberculosis.[citation needed]
Works
Two of his paintings can be seen in the Residenzschloss Ludwigsburg.
Sources
- Farquhar, Maria (1855). Ralph Nicholson Wornum (ed.). Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters. Woodfall & Kinder, Angel Court, Skinner Street, London. p. 187.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- Hobbes, James R. (1849). Picture collector's manual adapted to the professional man, and the amateur. T&W Boone, 29 Bond Street. p. 447.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- Tiraboschi, Girolamo (1786). Notizie de' pittori, scultori, incisori, e architetti natii degli stati del Serenissimo Signor Duca di Modena. Presso la Societa' Tipografica, Modena; Digitized by Googlebooks. pp. 338–345.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
References
- ↑ Knight, Charles (1857). The English cyclopædia: a new dictionary of universal knowledge, Vol. 5. London: Bradbury & Evans. p. 978.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Designs and drawings in the MET
- ↑ The Drawings Of Mauro Tesi
- ↑ Engraving in the Rijksmuseum [1]
