Gaspare Landi (6 January 1756 – 28 February 1830) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassic period, active in

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and his native city of

Piacenza Piacenza (; egl, label= Piacentino, Piaṡëinsa ; ) is a city and in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, and the capital of the eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with over ...

Biography

Landi is said to have been a fun-loving youth, but in 1781 he procured a subsidy to study painting in Rome from patron and distant relative, Marquis Giambattista Landi. At age 25, he moved to Rome to work under Domenico Corvi and

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. He is considered a rival of

Vincenzo Camuccini Vincenzo Camuccini (22 February 1771 – 2 September 1844) was an Italian painter of Neoclassic histories and religious paintings. He was considered the premier academic painter of his time in Rome. Biography Camuccini was born in Rome, and fir ...

. Two of his pictures were once in the Pinacoteca at

Parma Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmigiano-Reggiano, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 ...

, ''Diomedes and Ulysses bearing off the Palladium'' (1783) and the ''Marriage of Abraham and Sarah''. Above one of the altars in the church of the Santa Casa at Loreto there is a later work by this Landi showing the ''Madonna addolorata''. A major work is his large canvas representing the fainting of Christ as he struggles along over the road to Calvary weighted down by the burden of the Cross, ''Lo Spasimo'' for San Giovanni in Canale at Piacenza. It hung opposite

's ''Presentation''. He painted a ''Deposition of the Virgin in the Tomb'' and ''Apostles at the empty Tomb of the Virgin'' (1804) for the choir of the

Duomo of Piacenza Piacenza Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Piacenza), fully the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta e Santa Giustina, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Piacenza, Italy. The current structure was built between 1122 and 1233 and is one of the most valuable examp ...

Landi became a member of the

Accademia di San Luca The Accademia di San Luca (the "Academy of Saint Luke") is an Italian academy of artists in Rome. The establishment of the Accademia de i Pittori e Scultori di Roma was approved by papal brief in 1577, and in 1593 Federico Zuccari became its fir ...

of Rome in 1805, professor of the theory of painting in 1812, and president of the Academy in 1817. He was also made a Chevalier of the

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by the Emperor, of the Order of San Giuseppe, and of a Neapolitan order by the

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. About 1820 he returned to Piacenza, intending to remain there, but soon tired of the monotonous existence of a provincial town and in 1824 reestablished himself at Rome. His last work was an ''Assumption'' and was placed in the church of San Francesco di Paola in

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. He was offered a post as professor of the Academy of Venice, but stayed instead a president of the Academia di San Luca.L. Ambiveri, page 186-191. He returned to Piacenza in 1829, where he died.

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