Carlo Natali, also known as ''il Guardolino'', (circa 1592- 1683) was an
Italian
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painter of the
Baroque period, active in
Cremona and
Bologna
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Biography
Carlo was initially a pupil of the Mannerist painters
Andrea Mainardi and
Giovanni Battista Trotti in Cremona. He then moved to train with
Guido Reni. He then moved to Rome and then
Genoa
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. In Genoa, he painted a frieze for the
Palazzo Doria, where he met
Giulio Cesare Procaccini (died 1628). He returned to Cremona where he worked in the ''fabbrica'' of the Cathedral until his death.
Carlo was the father of one of the Italian painters named
Giovanni Battista Natali. This Natali was born in Bologna, circa 1630 and died in Cremona, circa 1700. He became a pupil of
Pietro da Cortona in Rome, returned to work in Cremona. This Giovanni Battista was father of
Giuseppe Natali (1652-1725).
References
1592 births
1683 deaths
17th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Painters from Cremona
Renaissance painters
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