{{Short description|Italian sculptor, author and poet}} {{for|the Italian film director (b. 1981)|Raffaele Monti}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} [[File:Love raffaelle monti.jpg|thumb|right|Parian porcelain bust of "Love" by Raffaele Monti. Issued by the Ceramic and Crystal Palace Art Union, and exhibited at the International Exhibition, London 1872. Photographed by William England, London Stereoscopic Company.]]
'''Raffaele Monti''' (often misspelled Rafaelle or Raffaelle; Milan 1818–1881) was an Italian sculptor, author, and poet.
Born in Milan or Iseo,<ref>{{ODNB|title=Monti, Raffaelle (1818–1881)|id=64413}}</ref> he studied under his father, the noted sculptor Gaetano Matteo Monti, in the Imperial Academy. At the age of only 20, he was invited to Vienna where he received extensive patronage; he returned to Milan after two years.
In 1846, Monti travelled to England for the year and later settled there. Monti exhibited at the Royal Academy, and soon earned recognition as a leading sculptor with his piece for the 6th Duke of Devonshire, the "Veiled Vestal" (1847), a figure with illusionistic veil, a specialism of his. A bust based on this work and cast in Parian porcelain by Copeland, entitled "The Bride" but often known as "The Veiled Bride", was issued{{clarify|date=October 2020}} in 1861 by the Crystal Palace Art Union. This became one of the most popular Parian busts ever produced.<ref>[http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdirect/93981.html Fitzwilliam Museum – OPAC Record<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
Monti produced sculptures in marble, but also created in metals and porcelain, while remaining active in the applied arts.
==Works== *""La Donna Velata" (bust) 1845 Castle of Racconigi *"Veiled Vestal" 1847 Chatsworth House .<ref>[http://www.chatsworth.org/learning/art_highlights.htm Chatsworth – The collection highlights<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061006034050/http://www.chatsworth.org/learning/art_highlights.htm |date=2006-10-06 }}</ref> *"A Circassian Slave in the Market Place at Constantinople" 1850 Wallace Collection.<ref>[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/speel/london/wallace.htm The Wallace Collection<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> *"Sister Anglers" in Carrara marble displayed at The Great Exhibition in London 1851 *"Cupid" and "Modesty", a pair, 1853: davidwilsonfineart.com *"Veritas" 1853 Medeiros e Almeida Museum Medeiros de Almeida Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal. *"River Thames" 1854 St John's Lock on the River Thames below Lechlade Originally for the fountains at The Crystal Palace Sydenham *"La Donna Velata" (The Veiled Woman) 1854 Metropolitan Museum of Art *Proscenium Arch 1858 Royal Opera House *"Charles Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry 1858 Market Place, Durham .<ref>[http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/NE/DUDU04.htm <span style="font-size:125%;">Durham</span>, <span style="font-size:125%;">DUDU04</span>, <span style="font-size:140%;">Statue</span>, <span style="font-size:140%;">Monument to Third Marquis of Londonderry</span><!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110618084110/http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/NE/DUDU04.htm |date=2011-06-18 }}</ref> *"Veiled Lady" (bust) 1860 Minneapolis Institute of Arts *"The Sleep of Sorrow and the Dream of Joy" 1861 Victoria and Albert Museum *"The Mother" 1871 Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
(Also produced in Parian by Copeland)
*"Night" 1862 Parian figure produced by Copeland *"Morning" 1862 Parian figure produced by Copeland
== Picture gallery == <gallery> File:Veiled Vestal by Raffaelle Monti.jpg|''Veiled Vestal'' ca 1848. Now at Chatsworth House. File:Father Thames, St John's Lock, Lechlade.jpg|Statue of Father Thames ca. 1853, at St John's Lock, Lechlade File:Veritas raffaelle monti.jpg|Veritas ca 1853. From plaster original at the Crystal Palace Sydenham [destroyed 1936] File:CWVStewart.jpg|Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry ca 1861 at Durham. File:Raffaelle Monti-The Sleep of Sorrow and the Dream of Joy-Victoria and Albert Museum.jpg|The Sleep of Sorrow and the Dream of Joy ca. 1862. Victoria and Albert Museum File:Raffaele Monti, Bustes de femme voilée.jpg|Busts of Women Voil - Around 1860 - Marble - Musée des Ursulines - Mâcon </gallery>
==References== <references/> {{Commons category|Raffaele Monti}}
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