Alessandro Mantovani (1814–1892) was an Italian painter, best known for his decorative frescoes and restorations. He was born in

Ferrara Ferrara (; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, capital of the province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main ...

, and active in

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

in the restoration of the Vatican Loggie and decoration in the

Palazzo Quirinale The Quirinal Palace ( ) is a historic building in Rome, Italy, the main official residence of the President of the Italian Republic, together with Villa Rosebery in Naples and the Tenuta di Castelporziano, an estate on the outskirts of Rome, some ...

. He also worked in restoration, under Filippo Agricola, of stairwell frescoes in the

Lateran Palace The Apostolic Palace of the Lateran (; ), informally the Lateran Palace (), is an ancient palace of the Roman Empire and later the main pope, papal residence in Rome. Located on Saint John's Square in Lateran on the Caelian Hill, the palace is ...

in Rome. Info Roma Italy website entry
/ref> One of his pupils was Prospero Piatti.

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1814 births 1892 deaths 19th-century Italian painters People from the Papal States Italian male painters Painters from Ferrara 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub