Francesco Botti (1640–1711) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in his native Florence.
Biography
His father, Giovanni was also a painter. Like his mentor Simone Pignoni, he specialized in depicting persons or scenes from classical mythology or the bible, depicting the women in seductive poses. Among his paintings are: Diana and Acteon Sophonisbae, Museo Civico di Montepulciano Judgement of Paris Allegory of Geometry, Museo di Beaux Arts of Arras Saints of the Augustinian Order for Santa Maria dei Candeli Self-portrait in the Uffizi Story of Santa Rosalia, Museo della Fondazione Primo Conti in Fiesole A Nativity and an Ecstasy of Ste Margherita, Cappella Corsini in Santo Spirito, Florence
Among his pupils was Matteo Bonechi.
Bibliography
Sandro Bellesi, Inediti di Simone Pignoni e Francesco Botti in Arte, collezionismo, conservazione: scritti in onore di Marco Chiarini. Francesca Baldassarri, La Pittura del Seicento a Firenze, Robilant-Voena, Torino 2009