Pietro Montanini (1619–1689), also called ''Petruccio Perugino'', was an Italian painter of the

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period. He was born in

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and first apprenticed with the painter

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, then

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. 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.

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also contributed to this chapel. His nephew, Giovanni Fonticelli, was also a painter.

References

* *Bruno Toscano, ''Un San Giovannino Inedito di Pietro Montanini'', in ''La Storia e la Critica. Atti della Giornata di Studi per Festeggiare Antonino Caleca,'' Pisa: Pacini Editore, 2016. 1619 births 1689 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Baroque painters Umbrian painters {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub