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Artist in the Global Art Registry
Gaetano Gandolfi
1734–1802 · Papal States
- Born
- 1734 · San Giovanni in Persiceto
- Died
- 1802 · Bologna
36 works in the Collect24 Registry
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Gaetano Gandolfi was an Italian painter, draughtsman, and sculptor of the late Baroque period, active in and around Bologna. He is known for biblical, mythological, and allegorical subjects, as well as portraits and nudes, and was both a painter on canvas and a fresco painter.
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Gaetano Gandolfi (31 August 1734 – 20 June 1802) was an Italian painter, draughtsman and sculptor of the late Baroque period, mainly active in and around Bologna. He is known for his biblical, mythological and allegorical subjects, as well as his portraits and nudes. He was both a painter on canvas and a fresco painter. Gaetano and his older brother Ubaldo were among the leading artists in Italy during their lifetime. This reputation was earned by the excellent quality of their work, which lead to numerous major commissions from courts all over Europe.
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Registered works
35
In museum collections
1
In gallery collections
0
In private collections
Featured works
Selected registered works by Gaetano Gandolfi
Selected from 36 works by Gaetano Gandolfi in the Collect24 Registry.
Gaetano Gandolfi
The Head of King Priam in Profile, about 1797–1799
Black, red, and white chalks, on grey prepared paper
41.7 × 29.2 cm
J. Paul Getty Museum
C24-207511
Gaetano Gandolfi
The Holy Family, 1776
oil on canvas
87 × 68.5 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-112366
Gaetano Gandolfi
Rape of Persephone, ca. 1755–90
Etching
7 × 11 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-322024
Gaetano Gandolfi
Saint Margaret of Cortona, Saint James of the March, and Saint Didacus, 1734–1802
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk
29.5 × 18.7 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-939808
Gaetano Gandolfi
Joshua, 1779
Black chalk (stumped), brush and gray wash, highlighted with white chalk, on beige paper
42.3 × 31.6 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-514556
Gaetano Gandolfi
The Dutch Microscopist Anton van Leeuwenhoek, 1734–1802
Pen and black and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash; framing lines in pen and black ink
20.3 × 14.1 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-520963
Gaetano Gandolfi
Seated Prophet, 1779
Black chalk (stumped), brush and gray wash, highlighted with white, on beige paper
42.2 × 31.2 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-513932
Gaetano Gandolfi
Three Female Heads, 1734–1802
Pen and brown ink
20.2 × 26 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-507877
Gaetano Gandolfi
Alexander the Great Offering His Concubine Campaspe to the Painter Apelles, 1793–97
Black chalk (stumped), highlighted with white, on brownish paper
30.6 × 42.9 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-499912
Gaetano Gandolfi
A Martyr Saint Reading, 1734–1802
Pen and brown ink, brush and wash
25.7 × 18.4 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-496006
Gaetano Gandolfi
Scene of a legend of saint: Old man with ...., youth, horse, farrier (interior) (....= unleserlich), 1759
oil paint
53.5 × 36 cm
Munich Central Collecting Point
C24-404546
Gaetano Gandolfi
The Christ Child sleeping on a cross in a landscape, crown of thorns in the foreground, after Reni, 1765–80
Engraving
22.7 × 22.7 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-266687
Museums and collections
Where works by Gaetano Gandolfi are registered
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, United States
16 works
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
7 works
- Detroit Institute of Arts
United States
3 works
- Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom
3 works
- Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
2 works
- J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
1 work
- Kunsthalle Bremen
Germany
1 work
- Munich Central Collecting Point
allied-occupied Germany
1 work
- Rafael Valls
London, United Kingdom
1 work
- SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
Copenhagen, Denmark
1 work
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