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 Gandolfi was his brother, Mauro Gandolfi was his son, and Democrito Gandolfi was his grandson. Gaetano became a "student" at the Accademia Clementina in Bologna, where he was taught by Felice Torelli and Ercole Lelli. In the academy, he was the recipient of several prizes for both figure drawing and sculpture. Later, in an autobiography, Gaetano claimed Felice Torelli (1667–1748) as his master. Other sources mention Ercole Graziani the Younger (1688–1765) and Ercole Lelli. He traveled to England, and became strongly influenced by Tiepolo. Among his pupils was Serafino Viani from Reggio.[1] Gaetano died in Bologna, Italy.
Collections
Today, Gaetano's work is held in the permanent collections of several museums worldwide, including the Cooper Hewitt,[2] the Detroit Institute of Arts,[3] the Norton Museum of Art,[4] the Snite Museum of Art,[5] the University of Michigan Museum of Art,[6] the British Museum,[7] the LACMA,[8] the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest,[9] the Toledo Museum of Art,[10] and the Victoria and Albert Museum.[11]
Gallery
Head of a Bishop, c. 1770, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Study of a Bearded Man, 1770s
Study of a Young Woman, 1767
Portrait of a Young Woman, 1777
Self-portrait, 1780
Joseph's Dream, c. 1790
The Marriage at Cana, 1766, Walters Art Museum
Allegory of Justice, 1760s
Judgement of Solomon, mid-1770s
Heads of Five Young Women with Elaborate Coiffures, pen and brown ink on paper
References
- ↑ Memorie storiche dei Reggiani più illustri nelle scienze, nelle lettere, e nelle Arti, by Enrico Manzini; Tipografia Degani e Gasparini, Reggio Emilia (1878); pages 1.
- ↑ "Gaetano Gandolfi | People | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum". collection.cooperhewitt.org. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
- ↑ "Venus Ordering Armor for Aeneas at Vulcan's Forge". www.dia.org. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
- ↑ OctoberCMS. "Norton Museum of Art | European". www.norton.org. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
- ↑ "Snite Museum of Art | Western Arts — Rejection". Snite Museum of Art | Western Arts. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
- ↑ "Exchange: Studies of Girls' Heads". exchange.umma.umich.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
- ↑ "drawing | British Museum". The British Museum. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
- ↑ "Gaetano Gandolfi | LACMA Collections". collections.lacma.org. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
- ↑ "Pentecost". Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
- ↑ "Saint Camillus of Lellis Adoring a Crucifixion". emuseum.toledomuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
- ↑ Museum, Victoria and Albert. "Vulcan at his forge | Gaetano Gandolfi | V&A Explore The Collections". Victoria and Albert Museum: Explore the Collections. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
- Biagi Maino, Donatella, Gaetano Gandolfi / Donatella Biagi Maino, Torino, U. Allemandi, 1995.
- Cazort, Mimi, Bella Pittura: The Art of the Gandolfi, Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, 1993.
- Cazort, Mimi, The Art of Embellishment: Drawings and Paintings by Gaetano and Mauro Gandolfi for a Festive Carriage, in Record of The Art Museum, Princeton University, Volume 52, Number 2, 1993.
- Rosasco, Betsy, Drawings by the Gandolfi Family and Their Followers in The Art Museum: A Checklist, in Record of The Art Museum, Princeton University, Volume 52, Number 2, 1993.
- Vicenza, Neri Pozza, I Gandolfi: Ubaldo, Gaetano, Mauro, disegni e dipinti, Neri Pozza Editore, 1987.
External links
- Brigstocke, Hugh, ed. (2001). "Gandolfi brothers". The Oxford Companion to Western Art. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0198662037.
- Europe in the age of enlightenment and revolution, a catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Gandolfi (see index)
- Gaetano Gandolfi in ArtCyclopedia
