MONTAUTI, ANTONIO. - Sculptor and architect, b. probably in Florence and d. there around 1740. He was a pupil of the skilled sculptor and chaser Giuseppe Piamontini.
In the Florentine church of S. Filippo Neri there are two oval reliefs by him with scenes from the life of the Saint; but his most significant activity took place in Rome, where he sculpted a St. Benedict for the Vatican Basilica (1725) and the marble group of the Pietà, in the underground area of the Corsini chapel, at St. John Lateran (1732), a work that earned him widespread renown and about which it was even rumored that it derived from a design by G. L. Bernini, although the soft sentimentalism that pervades its harmonious structures is quite far from the spirit of the great Baroque sculptor. M. was also an esteemed medallist and in that capacity portrayed the features of Frederick IV of Denmark (1708) and of Aretafila Salvini Rossi (1710).
Bibliography3 worksA. Michel, Histoire de l'art, VII, 1, Paris 1923, p. 170 ff.; anonymous, s. v. in Thieme-Becker, XXV, p. 83; G. De Logu, La scultura italian
BIBL.: A. Michel, Histoire de l'art, VII, 1, Paris 1923, p. 170 ff.; anonymous, s. v. in Thieme-Becker, XXV, p. 83; G. De Logu, La scultura italiana del Seicento e del Settecento, part 1, Florence 1932, pp. 66-67.
Neppi, Alberto. “Montauti, antonio.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, col. 1348. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/montauti-antonio.
MLA
Neppi, Alberto. “Montauti, antonio.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 1348. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/montauti-antonio.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec8_montauti_antonio,
author = {Neppi, Alberto},
title = {Montauti, antonio},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VIII},
pages = {1348},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1952},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/montauti-antonio}
}
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