Agostino Mitelli

Agostino Mitelli (March 16, 1609 - August 2, 1660) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period as a painter of quadratura. He was born in Battidizzo, near Bologna. He died in Madrid, while working for the court of Philip IV of Spain. He was a pupil of Gabriele Ferrantini(degli Occhiali), Girolamo Curti, and colleague of Michelangelo Colonna in Bologna. Examples of his quadratura can be found at Bologna, Parma, Modena, Florence, Rome, Genoa, and Madrid, testifying to the popularity of the style. he also published some etchings in a manuscript titled Freggi dell' architettura da Agostino Mitelli. His son Giuseppe Maria Mitelli (1634-1718) was also a painter and engraver. His son-in-law Baldassare Bianchi was a painter.

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• Farquhar, Maria (1855). Ralph Nicholson Wornum (ed.). Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters. Woodfall & Kinder, Angel Court, Skinner Street, London; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on Jun 27, 2006. pp. page 106. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
• Marchese Antonio Bolognini Amorini (1843). "Parte Quinta". Vite de Pittori ed Artifici Bolognesi. Tipografia Governativa alla Volpe, Bologna. pp. pages 291-324. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)