Giuseppe Baldrighi (12 August 1722 – 22 January 1803) was an

Italian painter Following is a list of Italian painters (in alphabetical order) who are notable for their art. A *Niccolò dell'Abbate (1509/12–1571) * Giuseppe Abbati (1836–1868) *Angiolo Achini (1850–1930) *Pietro Adami (c. 1730) *Livio Agresti (1508 ...

of the late Baroque (

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) and early Neoclassic periods.

Biography

Born in the town of Stradella, in Lombardy, Giuseppe Baldrighi initially trained with an unknown painter in

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, where his family lived. By 1750, he was recruited into the Accademia Clementina of

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, 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 1 ...

. He was the recruited to

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

, perhaps due to his skill at miniature paintings by Du Tillot, minister of Philip of Bourbon, and sent to study in

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from 1752 to 1756. Here, he likely encountered François Boucher,

Maurice Quentin de La Tour Maurice Quentin de La Tour (5 September 1704 – 17 February 1788) was a French Rococo portraitist who worked primarily with pastels. Among his most famous subjects were Voltaire, Rousseau, Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour. Biography Maurice ...

Joseph Duplessis Joseph-Siffred Duplessis (22 September 1725 – 1 April 1802) was a French painter known for the clarity and immediacy of his portraits. Early life He was born in Carpentras, near Avignon, into a family with an artistic bent and received his ...

, and

Alexandre-François Desportes Alexandre-François Desportes (24 February 1661 — 20 April 1743) was a French painter and decorative designer who specialised in animals. Desportes was born in Champigneulle, Ardennes. He studied in Paris, in the studio of the Flemish painter ...

, and became known for his watercolors and portraits. His portraits include that of duchess Louise Elizabeth, now Museo Glauco Lombardi in Parma and a ''Portrait of Jacopo Sanvitale in Pastoral Dress'' in the Rocca of Fontanellato, and a portrait of ''Roman Charity'' for the Museum of Angers. In 1756 he became professor of the

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, and painter to the court of

. He actively painted for the Ducal family portraits and a ''Triumph of the Faith'' for the chapel of Colorno Palace in 1777. He died in Parma in 1803. In Spain The Prado, the

Royal Palace of El Pardo The Royal Palace of El Pardo ( es, Palacio Real de El Pardo, ) is one of the official residences of the Spanish royal family and one of the oldest, being used by the Spanish monarchs since Enrique III in the 15th century. It is administered by t ...

and the

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all of them in

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own paintings (portraits of Bourbons) by Baldrighi.

References

Sources

Biography for Goya exhibition
L'omaggio al pittore nel bicentenario della morte (Stradella 1722 - Parma 1803).
Exhibit in Parma
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External links

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1722 births 1803 deaths People from Stradella 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 19th-century Italian painters Rococo painters 19th-century Italian male artists 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub