Artist

Pietro Montanini

Portrait of Pietro Montanini
Portrait of Pietro Montanini

Pietro Montanini is an Early Renaissance artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at National Museum of Art of Romania.

Pietro Montanini (1619–1689), also called Petruccio Perugino, was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was born in Perugia and first apprenticed with the painter Ciro Ferri, then Salvator Rosa. Among his pupils in Perugia were Mattia Battini (born 1666) and Giuseppe Laudati (born 1672). His canvas of St Francis Xavier was painted for the Capella Decemvirale in Perugia. Francesco Busti also contributed to this chapel. His nephew, Giovanni Fonticelli, was also a painter.

Works by Pietro Montanini

Collections represented

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