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Lodovico Gallina (25 August 1752 – 4 January 1787) was an Italian painter of the Profile of Anna Pasetti
at the ''Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800''.
Lodovico Gallina (25 August 1752 – 4 January 1787) was an Italian painter of the Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
period, mainly active in Brescia
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. Born to poor parents in Brescia, he was initially a pupil of Antonio Dusi
Antonio Dusi was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Brescia
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. Under the patronage of Luigi Chizzola and Faustino Lechi, he was sent to be instructed in the Accademia di Belle Arti
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Accademie di Belle Arti
The offic ...
in Venice.
He painted an altarpiece depicting ''Saints Ignatius of Loyola and Fillippo Neri'' for the church of Acquafredda. He painted a ''Young Jesus disputes doctors at the temple'' for the church in Bedizzole
Bedizzole (Brescian: ) is a municipality in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, northern Italy.
Geography
The municipality of Bedizzole extends for 26.4 km², at an average altitude of 171 m s.l.m. and is about 17 kilometers east from the ...
. A painter by the name Gallo Gallina (1796-1874) was active in Lombardy
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in the 19th century, but it is unclear if they are related.
Pastellist Anna Pasetti
Anna Pasetti was an Italian pastellist active between 1800 and 1806.
Pasetti, a deafmute, lived in Venice and assisted Lodovico Gallina, Jacopo Guarana, and Pietro Tantin as a copyist of both paintings and engravings. Giovanni Antonio Moschini ...
was active as a copyist in Gallina's studio.at the ''Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800''.
References
* A manuscripted unpublished biography about him has been written by father Marcantonio Paratico 1752 births 1787 deaths 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Brescia Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia alumni 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub