Francesco Busti

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

Biography[edit]

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]

References[edit]

  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.