Giuseppe Gandolfo (28 August 1792 – 13 September 1855) was an Italian painter, active mainly in Sicily in a Neoclassical style. Born in

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, he moved to Rome to study under Giuseppe Errante, then briefly moved to Florence to work under

Pietro Benvenuti Pietro Benvenuti (8 January 1769 – 3 February 1844) was an Italian neoclassical painter. Biography Born in Arezzo in Tuscany, he was influenced by the style of Jacques-Louis David. He was a student of the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence, then ...

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, he made a number of copies of classic works. Among his own designs were a ''Diogenes'', ''Holy Family'', ''Apollo plays his lyre'', ''Mary Magdalen, and a ''Telemachus, Agamemnon and Idomeneo''. He was also prized for portraits.Memorie su la Sicilia
Volume 3, Giuseppe Caporozo, (1842) page 142.

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1792 births 1855 deaths 19th-century Italian painters 19th-century Italian male artists Italian male painters Painters from Sicily Artists from Catania Italian neoclassical painters {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub