This paper presents for the first time three plaster sculptures made by the Florentine artist Antonio Montauti (1683-1746) and currently preserved at the Biblioteca Roncioniana in Prato. The subjects of these portraits are Tuscan literates and academics Anton Maria Salvini, Francesco Baldovini and Giovanni Battista Casotti. The three busts were most likely made around 1713: this date is indicated on Salvini’s portrait, allowing us to speculate on the existence of a series of portraits of Florentine literates, much like Montauti’s famous series dedicated to Tuscan illustrious men (Ficino and Machiavelli amongst others). These busts also give us the chance to take a further look at Montauti’s style, unveiling his interest towards antique sculpture at such an early stage of his activity.
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Chapter Title
Per la ritrattistica di Antonio Montauti. Tre busti inediti di eruditi fiorentini
Authors
Eleonora Arba
Language
English
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-181-5.11
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Publication Year
2020
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Book Title
Donum
Book Subtitle
Studi di storia della pittura, della scultura e del collezionismo a Firenze dal Cinquecento al Settecento
Editors
Marco Betti, Carlotta Paola Brovadan
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Number of Pages
308
Publication Year
2020
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© 2020 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-181-5
ISBN Print
978-88-5518-180-8
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-181-5
Series Title
Studi e saggi
Series ISSN
2704-6478
Series E-ISSN
2704-5919