Ubaldo Gandolfi (1728-1781)

• Gandolfi an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period.

• He was mainly active in and near Bologna.

• He enrolled by the age of 17 at the Clementine Academy.

• There he apprenticed with Ercole Graziani the Younger, Felice Torelli, and Ercole Lelli.

• He was from a large family of prolific artists, including his sons Giovanni Battista and Ubaldo Lorenzo, as well as his brother Gaetano and nephews Mauro, Democrito, and niece Clementina.

• Among his pupils was Giuseppe Grimanti, Giovanni Lipparini, and Nicola Levoli.

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