Biography
He painted a ''San Disma'' for the church of the Santa Maria in Torricella in Piacenza, a canvas that stood alongside an altarpiece by Roberto Da Longe. He painted a Moses and a David for the church of Santa Maria in Campagna. The altarpieces stood facing ''St Roch and St Sebastian'', painted by Andrea Procaccini. He also painted a ''Transfiguration'' that onces stood in the church of San Salvatore in Piacenza. Gherardi became professor of painting at the Istituto Gazzola in Piacenza. One of his pupils wasReferences
1750 births 1828 deaths People from Piacenza 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 19th-century Italian painters 19th-century Italian male artists Italian neoclassical painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub