Raffaele Monti (artist)

Raffaele Monti (often misspelled Rafaelle or Raffaelle; Milan 1818–1881) was an Italian sculptor, author and poet.

Born in Milan or Iseo,^[1] he studied under his father, the noted sculptor Gaetano Matteo Monti, in the Imperial Academy. At the age of only 20, he was invited to Vienna where he received extensive patronage; he returned to Milan after two years.

In 1846, Monti travelled to England for the year and later settled there. Monti exhibited at the Royal Academy, and soon earned recognition as a leading sculptor with his piece for the 6th Duke of Devonshire, the "Veiled Vestal", a figure with illusionistic veil, a specialism of his. A bust based on this work and cast in Parian porcelain by Copeland, entitled "The Bride" but often known as "The Veiled Bride", was issued^{[clarification needed]} in 1861 by the Crystal Palace Art Union. This became one of the most popular Parian busts ever produced.^[2]

Monti produced sculptures in marble, but also created in metals and porcelain, while remaining active in the applied arts.

• ""La Donna Velata" (bust) 1845 Castle of Racconigi
• "Veiled Vestal" 1847 Chatsworth House .^[3]
• "A Circassian Slave in the Market Place at Constantinople" 1850 Wallace Collection.^[4]
• "Sister Anglers" in Carrara marble displayed at The Great Exhibition in London 1851
• "Cupid" and "Modesty", a pair, 1853: davidwilsonfineart.com
• "Veritas" 1853 Medeiros e Almeida Museum Medeiros de Almeida Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal.
• "River Thames" 1854 St John's Lock on the River Thames below Lechlade Originally for the fountains at The Crystal Palace Sydenham
• "La Donna Velata" (The Veiled Woman) 1854 Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Proscenium Arch 1858 Royal Opera House
• "Charles Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry 1858 Market Place, Durham .^[5]
• "Veiled Lady" (bust) 1860 Minneapolis Institute of Arts
• "The Sleep of Sorrow and the Dream of Joy" 1861 Victoria and Albert Museum
• "The Mother" 1871 Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

(Also produced in Parian by Copeland)

• "Night" 1862 Parian figure produced by Copeland
• "Morning" 1862 Parian figure produced by Copeland

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  Veiled Vestal ca 1848. Now at Chatsworth House.
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  Father Thames ca. 1853, at St John's Lock, Lechlade
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  Veritas ca 1853. From plaster original at the Crystal Palace Sydenham [destroyed 1936]
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  Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry ca 1861 at Durham.
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  The Sleep of Sorrow and the Dream of Joy ca. 1862. Victoria and Albert Museum
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  Busts of Women Voil - Around 1860 - Marble - Musée des Ursulines - Mâcon

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