Francesco Coghetti - Artist Info

About Francesco Coghetti

  • Biography

    A pupil of Giuseppe Diotti at the Carrara Academy in Bergamo, Francesco Coghetti moved to Rome in 1821, where he was welcomed in the studio of Vincenzo Camuccini, maintaining, however, a close link with his homeland for which he created altarpieces, religious decorations and portraits. The study from life of the works of Raphael, Domenichino, Guercino, Guido Reni and the Carraccis allowed him to infuse his innate classicist grace and naturalness into his compositions.

    A member of the Congregation of Virtuosos at the Pantheon and of the Accademia di San Luca, he worked intensely for the Torlonia family in the destroyed palace in Piazza Venezia, in the palace in Via Condotti, in the villa on Via Nomentana and in thTeresa Sacchi Lodispoto...

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