Pietro Paolo Montagnani

Pietro Paolo Montagnani (also Montagnani-Mirabili; 1740 in Rome – date of death unknown) was a late 18th-century and early 19th-century Italian engraver (burin) and publisher of books and prints who lived presumably in Florence around 1800–1820.

Around 1790, Pietro Paolo Montagnani published a series of engravings picturing the Sibyls (Latin: Sibylla, s.; -ae, pl.) by talented Italian engravers such as Girolamo Carattoni (ca.1760 – ca. 1809), Domenico Cunego, Giovanni Folo and Giovanni Petrini (active 1800–1812) after paintings by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (il Guercino), Domenico Zampieri (il Domenichino) and Sebastiano Conca.

In 1805, Pietro Paolo Montagnani-Mirabili published a book on (or, more likely, VII, according to some scholars, attributing it to a typographical error in transcribing the Roman numeral in later imprints or facsimile editions). This book contained multiple engravings of ancient statues and bas-reliefs by Gio(vanni) Pietrini inc. (incisore, i.e. engraver) after drawings by (Aloysius) L(uigi) Agricola dis. (disegnatore, i.e. draughtsman) and F(ilip.) Salari dis.; by P(ietro) Ghigi inc. after F. Salari dis.; by Ant(onio) Ricciani inc. & G(irolamo) Carattoni inc. after drawings by L. Agricola dis.and F. Salari dis.; by L(uigi) Cunego (1750 – 1823) inc. It also contains architectural drawings engraved by Gio(vanni) Bruni inc., after drawings by Piet. Holl dis. and Micinelli dis.

Pietro Ducros (1745 or 1748-1810), a talented Swiss-born painter and engraver, joined forces with a Paolo Montagnari, who is possibly the same man as Paolo Montagnani, ^{[see Talk tab]} to publish 24 vedute of Sicily and Malta, with a certain success. The series published probably around 1789 by Montagnari included vedute of "Palermo, near Monreale"; of the "Theater of Taormina"; of the "Etna volcano"; of the "Amphitheater of Siracusa", of the "Interior of the city of Messina after the earthquake of 1783", and of the "Port of the galleys of the Arsenal of Malta".

Publications

• "Accurata e succinta descrizione topografica delle antichità di Roma dell'abate Ridolfino Venuti Cortonese". (in Italian). [Accurate and succinct topographical description of the antiquities of Rome by Abbot Ridolfino Venuti Cortonese]. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.) & Vol. 2 (2nd ed.); Roma : Presso Pietro Paolo Montagnani-Mirabili (1803).
• "Monumenti Antichi Inediti, spiegati ed illustrati da Giovanni Winckelmann, prefetto delle antichità di Roma". (in Italian). [Unpublished ancient monuments, explained and illustrated by Giovanni Winckelmann, prefect of antiquities in Rome]. Vol. I & Vol. II (2nd ed.) (1821). Roma : Dai torchj di Carlo Mordacchini; Note: Vol. I is dedicated by Pietro Paolo Montagnani-Mirabili (editor) to Alberto Thorvaldsen.
• "Monumenti Antichi Inediti Ovvero Notizie Sulle Antichità E Belle Arti Di Roma". (in Italian). [Unpublished ancient monuments, or, news on the antiquities and fine arts of Rome]. Vols. I - VI (1784-1789), Vol. VII (1805). <u>Note:</u> Vols. I-II are dedicated by Giuseppe Antonio Guattani (publisher, 1748–1830), to Pope Pius VI and Peter Duke of Courland (1724 - 1800) respectively. is dedicated by Pietro Paolo Montagnani-Mirabili (publisher) to Luigi Marconi (born, Florence, ca. 1805?).
• "Raccolta di Soggetti Pittorici inventati da Luigi Sabbatelli pittore Fiorentina". (in Italian). [Collection of Pictorial Subjects created by Florentine painter Luigi Sabbatelli], with 42 engravings by Damiano Pernati inc. after paintings by Luigi Sabbatelli. Roma: Presso Pietro Paolo Montagnani-Mirabili (1804).
• "Raccolta di pitture etrusche tratte dagli antichi vasi esistenti nella Biblioteca Vaticana ed in altri musei d'Italia". (in Italian). [Collection of Etruscan paintings from ancient vases in the Vatican Library and other museums in Italy]. Vol. 1 (1806), Vol. 2 (1806), Vol. 3 (1806)
• "Il Museo capitolino e li monumenti antichi che sono nel Campidoglio". (in Italian). [The Capitoline Museum and the ancient monuments in the Roman Capitol]. Vol. 1 (1820); ; Vol. 3 (1821); Vol. 4 (1826) of a total of 13 volumes, which are still available as an reprint today. Collaborators on Vols. 1 & 2 were G(iacomo) Bossi dis. e inc. (1750-1804), Gio(vanni) Petrini dis. e inc. (born, Rome, ca. 1750); L. Agricola dis., G(iuseppe) Perini inc.
• "Esposizione descrittiva delle pitture di Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino nelle stanze vaticane, data alla luce da Pietro Paolo Montagnani". (in Italian). [Descriptive Exhibition of the Paintings of Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (aka Raphael) in the Vatican Rooms, brought to light by Pietro Paolo Montagnani]. Roma: Stamperia della Rev. Cam. Apost. (1828)
• "Illustrazione storico-pittorica con incisioni a contorni delle pitture di Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino nel Vaticano : accresciuta di sopra venti soggetti inediti, data alla luce da Pietro Paolo Montagnani." (in Italian). [Historical and pictorial illustration with contour engravings of Raffaello Sanzio from Urbino's paintings in the Vatican : enhanced with over twenty unpublished subjects, brought to light by Pietro Paolo Montagnani]. Roma: Domenico Ercole (1834)
• "Illustrazione storico-pittorica con incisioni a contorni dei dipinti della Gran Sala detta di Costantino presso le Stanze di Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino nel Vaticano : accresciuta di diciotto soggetti inediti, data alla luce da Pietro Paolo Montagnani". (in Italian). [Historical and pictorial illustration with contour engravings of the paintings in the Great Hall known as Constantine's room in the Raffaello Sanzio from Urbino Rooms in the Vatican : enhanced with 18 unpublished subjects, brought to light by Pietro Paolo Montagnani]. Roma : Domenico Ercole (1834)

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