Francesco Botti

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Francesco Botti (1640–1711) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in his native Florence.

Biography

His father, Giovanni was also a painter. Like his mentor Simone Pignoni, he specialized in depicting persons or scenes from classical mythology or the bible, depicting the women in seductive poses. Among his paintings are:

• Diana and Acteon
• Sophonisbae, Museo Civico di Montepulciano
• Judgement of Paris
• Allegory of Geometry, Museo di Beaux Arts of Arras
• Saints of the Augustinian Order for Santa Maria dei Candeli
• Self-portrait in the Uffizi
• Story of Santa Rosalia, Museo della Fondazione Primo Conti in Fiesole
• A Nativity and an Ecstasy of Ste Margherita, Cappella Corsini in Santo Spirito, Florence

Among his pupils was Matteo Bonechi.

Bibliography

• Sandro Bellesi, Inediti di Simone Pignoni e Francesco Botti in Arte, collezionismo, conservazione: scritti in onore di Marco Chiarini.
• Francesca Baldassarri, La Pittura del Seicento a Firenze, Robilant-Voena, Torino 2009