Francesco Busti

Francesco Busti (1678–1767) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque and Neoclassical periods.

Biography

He was born in Perugia. He was putatively a pupil of Giovanni Battista Gaulli.[1] One of his pupils was Nicola Giuli[2] and Baldassare Orsini, who later became an art historian.[3] He painted an altarpiece of St Vincent Ferrer of the church of San Domenico in Perugia.[4]

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References
  1. Vite de' pittori, scultori, ed architetti perugini, by Lione Pascoli, page 258.
  2. Enciclopedia Treccani, biography of Nicola Giuli, by Cecilia Mazzetti di Pietralata.
  3. Biografia degli scrittori perugini e notizie delle opere, Volume 2, by Giovanni Battista Vermiglioli, by page 159.
  4. Guida di Perugia: nel 1826, by Raffaele Gambini, page 53.



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