Raffaelle Monti

Raffaelle Monti (1818-1881) was born in Milan, Italy. He studied under his father the noted sculptor Gaetano Matteo Monti. By way of Vienna and Milan, he came to London in 1848, and settled there.

He exhibited at the Royal Academy, and Monti soon earned recognition for his piece for the Duke of Devonshire, the "Veiled Vestal." A bust based on this work, cast in Parian porcelain by Copeland, was issued in 1861 by the Crystal Palace Art Union. [ [http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdirect/93981.html Fitzwilliam Museum - OPAC Record ] ]

Monti produced sculptures working in marble, but he also created in metals, porcelain, marble and remained active in the applied arts.

Works

**"Veiled Vestal" 1847 Chatsworth House . [ [http://www.chatsworth.org/learning/art_highlights.htm Chatsworth - The collection highlights ] ]

**"A Circassian Slave in the Market Place at Constantinople" 1850 Wallace Collection. [ [http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/speel/london/wallace.htm The Wallace Collection ] ]

**"River Thames" 1854 St John's Lock on the River Thames below Lechlade Originally for the fountains at The Crystal Palace Sydenham

**Proscenium Arch 1858 Royal Opera House

**"Charles Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry 1858 Market Place,Durham . [ [http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/NE/DUDU04.htm Durham, DUDU04, Statue, Monument to Third Marquis of Londonderry ] ]

**"The Sleep of Sorrow and the Dream of Joy" 1861 Victoria and Albert Museum

**"Veiled Lady" 1860 Minneapolis Institute of Arts

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