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Gaetano Gandolfi (31 August 1734 – 20 June 1802) was an Italian painter of the late
Baroque
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and early
Neoclassic period, active in
Bologna
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.
Career
Gaetano was born in
San Matteo della Decima, near Bologna, to a family of artists.
Ubaldo Gandolfi was his brother,
Mauro Gandolfi was his son, and
Democrito Gandolfi was his grandson. Gaetano became a "student" at the
Accademia Clementina
The Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna ("academy of fine arts of Bologna") is a public tertiary academy of fine art in Bologna, in Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy. It has a campus in Cesena.
Giorgio Morandi taught engraving at the Accademia f ...
in Bologna, where he was taught by
Felice Torelli
Felice Torelli (9 September 1667 – 11 June 1748) was an Italian painter of the Baroque style, active mainly in Bologna.
Biography
He was born to a family of artists in Verona, including his brother, Giuseppe Torelli, a noted violinist and ...
and
Ercole Lelli
Ercole Lelli (14 September 1702 – 7 March 1766) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque, active mainly in Northern Italy, including his native city of Bologna, as well as Padua and Piacenza.
Lelli was a pupil of the painter Giovanni Pietro ...
. In the academy, he was the recipient of several prizes for both figure drawing and sculpture. Later, in an autobiography, Gaetano claimed
Felice Torelli
Felice Torelli (9 September 1667 – 11 June 1748) was an Italian painter of the Baroque style, active mainly in Bologna.
Biography
He was born to a family of artists in Verona, including his brother, Giuseppe Torelli, a noted violinist and ...
(1667–1748) as his master. Other sources mention
Ercole Graziani the Younger (1688–1765) and
Ercole Lelli
Ercole Lelli (14 September 1702 – 7 March 1766) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque, active mainly in Northern Italy, including his native city of Bologna, as well as Padua and Piacenza.
Lelli was a pupil of the painter Giovanni Pietro ...
. He traveled to England, and became strongly influenced by
Tiepolo
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. Among his pupils was
Serafino Viani from Reggio. Gaetano died in
Bologna, Italy
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.
Collections
Today, Gaetano's work is held in the permanent collections of several museums worldwide, including the
Cooper Hewitt, the
Detroit Institute of Arts
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, the
Norton Museum of Art
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, the
Snite Museum of Art
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, the
University of Michigan Museum of Art
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, the
British Museum
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, the
LACMA
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LACMA was founded in 196 ...
, the
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
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It was built by the plans of Albert Schickedanz and Fülöp Herzog in an eclecti ...
, the
Toledo Museum of Art
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, and the
Victoria and Albert Museum
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.
Gallery
File:'Head of a Bishop', oil on canvas painting by Gaetano Gandolfi, Metropolitan Museum of Art.JPG, ''Head of a Bishop'', c. 1770, Metropolitan Museum of Art
File:Gaetano Gandolfi - Study of a Bearded Man - WGA8456.jpg, ''Study of a Bearded Man'', 1770s
File:Gaetano Gandolfi Retrato de mujer joven 1767 PN Bolonia.jpg, ''Study of a Young Woman'', 1767
File:Gandolfi, Gaetano - Portrait of a Young Woman - 1777.jpg, ''Portrait of a Young Woman'', 1777
File:Gaetano Gandolfi Autorretrato 1780 PN Bolonia.jpg, ''Self-portrait'', 1780
File:'Joseph's Dream', painting by Gaetano Gandolfi, c. 1790.jpg, ''Joseph's Dream'', c. 1790
File:Gaetano Gandolfi - The Marriage at Cana - Walters 371919.jpg, ''The Marriage at Cana'', 1766, ''Walters Art Museum''
File:Gandolfi - Allegory of Justice.jpg, ''Allegory of Justice'', 1760s
File:'The Judgement of Solomon', oil on canvas painting by Gaetano Gandolfi, mid 1770s.jpg, ''Judgement of Solomon'', mid-1770s
File:The Heads of Five Young Women with Elaborate Coiffures, Gaetano Gandolfi.jpg, ''Heads of Five Young Women with Elaborate Coiffures'', pen and brown ink on paper
References
* Biagi Maino, Donatella, ''Gaetano Gandolfi / Donatella Biagi Maino'', Torino, U. Allemandi, 1995.
* Cazort, Mimi, ''Bella Pittura: The Art of the Gandolfi'', Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, 1993.
* Cazort, Mimi, The Art of Embellishment: Drawings and Paintings by Gaetano and Mauro Gandolfi for a Festive Carriage, in ''Record of The Art Museum, Princeton University'', Volume 52, Number 2, 1993.
* Rosasco, Betsy, Drawings by the Gandolfi Family and Their Followers in The Art Museum: A Checklist, in ''Record of The Art Museum, Princeton University'', Volume 52, Number 2, 1993.
* Vicenza, Neri Pozza, ''I Gandolfi: Ubaldo, Gaetano, Mauro, disegni e dipinti'', Neri Pozza Editore, 1987.
External links
*
''Europe in the age of enlightenment and revolution'' a catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Gandolfi (see index)
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1734 births
1802 deaths
18th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
19th-century Italian painters
19th-century Italian male artists
Painters from Bologna
Italian Baroque painters
Rococo painters
18th-century Italian male artists