COGHETTI, FRANCESCO. — Painter, born in Bergamo on 20 July 1802, died in Rome on 21 April 1875. After studying under Diotti, he followed Camuccini in Rome and from then on belonged to the active group of 19th-century Roman fresco painters.
He shared with them a mastery of composition and vigorous eloquence, though often in an academic and theatrical tone; in his colouring he brought some qualities inherited from his native land. In Rome he frescoed the villa and palace of the Torlonia family (later demolished). Other compositions of his decorated the now vanished Teatro Apollo. He painted the curtains for the theatres of Rimini and Spoleto. Numerous were his religious compositions in churches of the Bergamo area, in the cathedral of Savona, and in Rome (The Stoning of St Stephen, at S. Paolo). He was president of the Accademia di S. Luca.