Rinaldo Botti

Who was Rinaldo Botti?

Rinaldo Botti was an Italian painter active in the Baroque period. He was a pupil of Jacopo Chiavistelli, and specialized in quadratura. He collaborated with Andrea Landini in frescoing some salons of Villas belonging to the Corsini family. He painted the ceiling of Santa Elisabetta delle Convertite.

In other projects, he collaborated with Alessandro Gherardini, Filippo Maria Galleti, Giovanni Andrea Brunori, and Giovanni Sacconi.

In the palace of Francesco Gaburri on via Ghibellina, he worked with Lorenzo del Moro in decorating some murals. With the same artist he worked in the piano nobile of the Palazzo Incontri. With Andrea Landini in 1700, he helped paint the wall decorations of the Villa Feroni. Stucco decoration was added by Giovanni Battista Ciceri.

He also worked in Pescia, for example in the Oratory della Misericordia, the nave of Santa Maria Maddalena, the Oratory of San Biagio, the church of Santa Maria Nuova, the Casa Galeffi, and the theater of the Accademicici Cheti.

He performed some decoration with a team including Giuseppe Tonelli, Lorenzo Del Moro, Stefano Papi, and Landini in 1703 for the Cardinal Francesco de Medici, in decorating the Villa di Lappeggi.