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Gaetano Gandolfi

Gaetano Gandolfi

1734–1802

WA-00053749

Bologna

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Institutional Exhibitions

33

Works in Collection

66

Assets Indexed

4

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Aichttps://www.artic.edu/artists/9253
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About

Why this artist matters now

Gaetano Gandolfi was an Italian painter, draughtsman, and sculptor of the late Baroque period active in Bologna. He worked across fresco and canvas, executing biblical, mythological, allegorical, and portrait subjects with a refinement that secured major commissions from European courts. His technical facility and compositional clarity placed him among the leading artists of his generation, alongside his older brother Ubaldo, establishing Bologna as a continuing center of artistic authority in the late eighteenth century.

Source: Aic · Trust score: 95% · Updated 11d ago

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Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (33)

Orpheus and Eurydice

Orpheus and Eurydice

1802 · black and white chalk on tan laid paper

overall: 44.5 x 31.8 cm (17 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Death of Marcus Curtius

Death of Marcus Curtius

1799 · black chalk (stumped in places) and brush and black chalk wash

Sheet: 40.8 x 30.7 cm (16 1/16 x 12 1/16 in.); Secondary Support: 52.2 x 42.2 cm (20 9/16 x 16 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Alexander the Great Offering His Concubine Campaspe to the Painter Apelles

Alexander the Great Offering His Concubine Campaspe to the Painter Apelles

1793 · Black chalk (stumped), highlighted with white, on brownish paper

12-1/16 x 16-7/8 in. (30.6 x 42.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia

1789 · Oil on canvas

26 7/8 × 18 in. (68.3 × 45.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Studies of Female Nudes

Studies of Female Nudes

1785 · oiled charcoal and stumping, heightened with white gouache on gray-brown laid paper

sheet: 43 x 31.2 cm (16 15/16 x 12 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Adoration of the Shepherds

Adoration of the Shepherds

1780 · etching and aquatint on laid paper

sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 20.8 × 15.8 cm (8 3/16 × 6 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

A Triumphal Procession in Ancient Rome

A Triumphal Procession in Ancient Rome

1780 · pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite and black chalk

overall: 38.8 x 50.9 cm (15 1/4 x 20 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Head of a Young Man (recto) Sketch of a Head (verso)

Head of a Young Man (recto) Sketch of a Head (verso)

1780 · black chalk with red chalk, heightened with traces of white chalk (black and red chalk stumped in places)

Sheet: 43.6 x 31.5 cm (17 3/16 x 12 3/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Head of a Young Man (recto)

Head of a Young Man (recto)

1780 · black chalk with red chalk, heightened with traces of white chalk (black and red chalk stumped in places)

Sheet: 43.6 x 31.5 cm (17 3/16 x 12 3/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Sketch of a Head (verso)

Sketch of a Head (verso)

1780 · blue pastel (head); random pastel marks

Sheet: 31.5 x 43.6 cm (12 3/8 x 17 3/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Holy Family

The Holy Family

1776 · oil on canvas

Framed: 105.5 x 87 x 6 cm (41 9/16 x 34 1/4 x 2 3/8 in.); Unframed: 87 x 68.5 cm (34 1/4 x 26 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Sheet with Seven Etchings

Sheet with Seven Etchings

1770 · seven etchings printed on one sheet of laid paper

National Gallery of Art

The Birth of Venus

The Birth of Venus

1770 · red chalk heightened with white on laid paper

sheet: 32.6 × 38.2 cm (12 13/16 × 15 1/16 in.) mount: 40.8 × 47.6 cm (16 1/16 × 18 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Holy Family with God the Father

The Holy Family with God the Father

1770 · etching and aquatint printed in brown on laid paper

plate: 20.5 x 14.5 cm (8 1/16 x 5 11/16 in.); cut to platemark

National Gallery of Art

The Infant Bacchus Astride a Wine Barrel

The Infant Bacchus Astride a Wine Barrel

1770 · etching on laid paper

plate: 6.6 x 4.1 cm (2 5/8 x 1 5/8 in.) sheet: 9.1 x 6.4 cm (3 9/16 x 2 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Pilgrims

1770 · etching on laid paper

sheet: 13.4 × 10.3 cm (5 1/4 × 4 1/16 in.) plate: 11.5 × 7.3 cm (4 1/2 × 2 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Bust of a Saint

Bust of a Saint

1770 · etching on laid paper

sheet: 13.5 × 11.8 cm (5 5/16 × 4 5/8 in.) plate: 10.9 × 9.6 cm (4 5/16 × 3 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Six Heads, a Turk in Front

Six Heads, a Turk in Front

1770 · etching on laid paper

sheet: 11 × 15.7 cm (4 5/16 × 6 3/16 in.) plate: 10.5 × 15.4 cm (4 1/8 × 6 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Heads of Two Bishops

Heads of Two Bishops

1770 · pen and brown ink on laid paper

overall (approximate): 14.9 x 20.3 cm (5 7/8 x 8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Gezicht op de Magdalena-kerk in de Strada San Donato te Bologna

Gezicht op de Magdalena-kerk in de Strada San Donato te Bologna

1767 · pen on paper, chalk, graphite (mineral), ink

width: 225 cm, height: 326 cm

Head of a Bishop

Head of a Bishop

1765 · Oil on canvas

18 3/8 x 14 7/8 in. (46.7 x 37.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rape of Persephone

Rape of Persephone

1750 · Etching

Plate: 2 3/4 x 4 5/16 in. (7 x 11 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Five Grotesque Heads

Five Grotesque Heads

1750 · pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over black chalk

Sheet: 29.5 x 20.2 cm (11 5/8 x 7 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Reclining Male Nude

Reclining Male Nude

1750 · red chalk (stumped)

Sheet: 26.5 x 38.2 cm (10 7/16 x 15 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (5)

33 published of 39 catalogued · 37 with image

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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Rijksmuseum
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Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Schetsblad met karikaturen
1744 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Gezicht op de Magdalena-kerk in de Strada San Donato te Bologna
1767 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Kop van een heilige met rozenkrans
1744 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Pelgrims
1744 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Heilige Familie
1744 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Heilige Familie met de jonge Johannes de Doper
1744 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Head of a Young Man (recto) Sketch of a Head (verso)
1780 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Head of a Young Man (recto)
1780 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Death of Marcus Curtius
1799 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Five Grotesque Heads
1750 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Heilige Familie met de jonge Johannes de Doper (1744 - 1802)

Rijksmuseum

Heilige Familie (1744 - 1802)

Rijksmuseum

Gezicht op de Magdalena-kerk in de Strada San Donato te Bologna (1767-06-18)

Rijksmuseum

Schetsblad met karikaturen (1744 - 1802)

Rijksmuseum

Schetsblad met karikaturen (1744 - 1802)

Rijksmuseum

Sketch of a Head (verso) (1780s?)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Head of a Young Man (recto) Sketch of a Head (verso) (1780s)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Head of a Young Man (recto) (1780s)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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National Gallery of Art

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