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