Mauro Gandolfi (18 September 1764 – 4 January 1834) was an Italian painter and engraver of the

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Personal

Gandolfi was from a family of artists. His father was the painter

Gaetano Gandolfi Gaetano Gandolfi (31 August 1734 – 20 June 1802) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque and early Neoclassic period, active in Bologna. Career Gaetano was born in San Matteo della Decima, near Bologna, to a family of artists. Ubaldo G ...

, and he had six younger brothers, all painters. He enrolled at age 16 in the French army. In 1791, he was then a student of the

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and became a collaborator of his father. In 1792 he married Laura Zanetti.

Work

Gandolfi was promoted to professor at the Academy in 1794. After the turn of the century he switched to engraving. In 1801, he moved to Paris to specialize as an engraver, and created reproductions by engraving the works of French museums. After returning to Italy, he worked as an engraver in

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. In 1816, he traveled to

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and

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, where he published illustrations of the places he visited. In 1833, he wrote his autobiography in which he lists his works from the period he described as his most prolific: between 1786 and 1796. He died in Bologna in 1834. At the time of his death, he had created over 80 works of art.

References

Les Gandolfi, Bologna route (''Italian'')
* Mimi Cazort : ''Mauro in America, An Italian Artist Visits the New World'', traduction de Antonia Reiner Franklin avec Mimi Cazor

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