Lamberto Cristiano Gori (1730–1801) was an Italian painter and artist active mostly in

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. He worked in an early Neoclassic style.

Life and work

Lamberto Gori was born in

Livorno Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 158,493 residents in December 2017. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn (pronou ...

. He became the pupil of

Ignazio Hugford ''A miracle of St. Francis of Paola'' by Hugford. Ignazio Hugford, or Ignatius Heckford (1703–1778), was an Italian painter active mostly in Tuscany in an early Neoclassic style. Life and work Ignazio Hugford was born in Pisa, the son of a ...

, the painter and monk of the Benedictine

Abbey of Vallombrosa Vallombrosa is a Benedictine abbey in the ''comune'' of Reggello (Tuscany, Italy), about 30 km south-east of Florence, in the Apennines, surrounded by forests of beech and firs. It was founded by Florentine nobleman Giovanni Gualberto in 10 ...

. Gori is known for painting, mostly reproductions of earlier masters, and designs produced in scagliola.The History of Painting in Italy from the period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century
Luigi Lanzi, translation by Thomas Roscoe. Volume 1, page 346.

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