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Nicola Consoni (Ceprano in the Province of Frosinone, in the region of Lazio, 1814 - Rome, 1884)〔(A Checklist of Painters, C1200-1994 Represented in the Witt Library ), dates of birth and death.〕〔Other sources, including Gubernatis place his birthplace as Rieti, also in the Lazio.〕 was an Italian painter, mainly of sacred and historic subjects. In Perugia, he was a pupil of Giovanni Sanguinetti at the Academy, but then moved to Rome, and joined the studio of Tommaso Minardi, and later Pio Joris. In Rome, he was commissioned by Pope Pius IX to fresco some of the second story loggie of the Vatican Palace and the Vatican library. The frescoes depict scenes from the New Testament. He also designed the mosaics, made in deliberately primitive early Christian style for the facade of the rebuilt Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls.〔(Gubernatis ), page 135.〕 He painted some of the frescoes in the central nave. He completed some restorations including frescoes by Raphael in the church of San Severo of Perugia. He also helped restore mosaics in the apse of Basilica of San Giovanni Laterano.〔(Treccani encyclopedia ) biography〕 He also received commissions from Queen Victoria to paint the altarpiece, depicting ''The Resurrection'', and pendentives with the ''Evangelists'' in her Royal Mausoleum at Frogmore at the Home Park, Windsor. It was all completed in a Neoclassical style recalling Raphael. He had a commission from Monsignor Josip Juraj Strossmayer, bishop of Diakovar (1849-1905), to paint a ''Christ'' and an ''Immaculate Conception''〔Gubernatis, page 135.〕 for his Cathedral of Dakovo (Diakovar),〔( ''Un edifizio programma, o La cattedrale di Diakovar eretta da Monsignor Strossmayer'' ) (1884, Fratelli Bogca, Florence), by Cesare Tondini de Quarenghi.〕 now in Croatia. For many years, he lived in the Palazzo Campanari in the Rione of Ripetta. Consoni was awarded the Order of the Crown of Italy and the Order of Santo Stefano. He became honorary member of many artistic societies and was once president of the Accademia di San Luca in Rome.〔Gubernatis, page 135.〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nicola Consoni」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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