Giovanni Cadioli (c. 1710 – 10 September 1767) was an Italian painter of the
Baroque, active mainly in his native
Mantua
Mantua ( ; it, Mantova ; Lombard and la, Mantua) is a city and '' comune'' in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the province of the same name.
In 2016, Mantua was designated as the Italian Capital of Culture. In 2017, it was named as the Eur ...
. He was also an author of a guide to artworks in this city.
Biography
He was a pupil of
Giovanni Canti, along with
Giuseppe Bazzani
Giuseppe Bazzani (23 September 1690 – 17 August 1769) was an Italian painter of the Rococo.
Biography
Born in Mantua to a goldsmith, Giovanni Bazzani, early on he apprenticed with the Parmesan painter Giovanni Canti (1653–1715). A fellow pu ...
and
Francesco Maria Raineri. He excelled in painting landscapes.
[Lanzi, page 341.] He painted ''The Alms of
San Guerrino'' both for the Church of
Sant’Egidio in Mantua. In 1746, he completed a series of monochrome paintings about the ‘’Life of St Hippolytus’’ for the church of
Gazoldo degli Ippoliti
Gazoldo degli Ippoliti ( Upper Mantovano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about east of Milan and about west of Mantua.
Geography
Gazoldo is located in the Po Valley between th ...
. In 1748 he was appointed painter and architect of the Royal Ducal Theatre of Mantua. In 1752 established the Academy of Fine Arts of Mantua, and later became its director. He painted frescoes in ''Abbey of San Benedetto in Polirone'' between 1750 and 1760. Among his pupils was
Giacomo Gatti.
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1710 births
1767 deaths
18th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Italian art historians
Painters from Mantua
Italian Baroque painters
Fresco painters
18th-century Italian male artists