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Francesco Monti (il Brescianino) (1646–1712) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period mainly active in his natal city of Brescia as well as Parma.He was the pupil of Pietro Ricchi (also known as il Lucchese) then of Jacques Courtois (also known as il Borgognone who was well known as a battle painter. This association led Monti himself to be called the Francesco della Battaglia. For many years before 1700 he worked for the ruling family of Parma where he died in 1712.