Gaetano Sabatini (1703–1734; or 1731), also known as ''il Mutarolo'' (or ''Il Mutolo'') due to his

deaf-mutism Deaf-mute is a term which was used historically to identify a person who was either deaf and used sign language or both deaf and could not speak. The term continues to be used to refer to deaf people who cannot speak an oral language or have som ...

, was an Italian draftsman and

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painter. Born in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

to a domestic worker for the aristocratic Marescalchi family, he perfected his style first in

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, then in painting. The painter Francesco Monti mentored him as a painter. He painted an altarpiece of the church of the Celestine order in Bologna. He died young in Bologna.Felsina pittrice, vite de' pittori bolognesi: tomo terzo
by Luigi Crespi page 320. The

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has a self-portrait by Sabatini.

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Gaetano Sabatini
Biography, Getty Museum. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sabatini, Gaetano 1703 births 1731 deaths 1734 deaths 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Bologna Italian draughtsmen Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists