Ubaldo gandolfi

Ubaldo Gandolfi (1728–1781) was an Italian painter, draughtsman and sculptor of the late-Baroque period, mainly active in and near Bologna.
Oct 14, 1728 - Jul 25, 1781.
Ubaldo Gandolfi was an Italian painter, draughtsman and sculptor of the late-Baroque period, mainly active in and near Bologna.

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Ubaldo Gandolfi (artist)

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The Gandolfi family—Ubaldo, his brother Gaetano, and his nephew Mauro—were the last great painters of the Bolognese school, which rose to international prominence at the end of the sixteenth century. The confident understanding of human anatomy demonstrated in these paintings reveals Ubaldo’s debt to the Bolognese tradition, which was firmly based on drawing from live models.

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source content Ubaldo Gandolfi (1728–1781) was an Italian painter, draughtsman and sculptor of the late-Baroque period, mainly active in and near Bologna. He is known for his biblical, mythological and allegorical subjects as well as his portraits and nudes. Ubaldo and his brother Gaetano were during their lifetime among the first and most celebrated artists of Italy. This fame was gained by the excellent quality of their works, which lead to many and important commissions they had from courts and countries all over Europe.

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Ubaldo Gandolfi

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Ubaldo Gandolfi

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Italian painter

Born 1728 - Died 1781

Born in San Matteo della Decima, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Died in Ravenna. Italy

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Head of an Two Old Men. Verso: Head of Old Man

Pen and brown ink with brown wash and red chalk on laid paper; verso: pen and brown ink.

7 13/16 x 3 3/4 inches (199 x 96 mm)

The Joseph F. McCrindle Collection.

Provenance:

Joseph F. McCrindle, New York (McCrindle collection no. A0462).

Summary:

Ubaldo Gandolfi was one of the finest Bolognese draftsman of the mid- to late-eighteenth century. Both he and his brother Gaetano (1734-1802) broke from conventional Bolognese models, namely the Carracci, and demonstrated a "detached retrieval of motives, details and compositional choices" that looked to other traditions in art in Bologna. Ubaldo's prolific output of drawings includes many academic studies of models. This drawing, executed in brown pen and ink, might have been made during his time at the Accademia Clementina di Pittura, Scultura, e Architettura in Bologna, where between 1745-1749 he won three medals for figure studies (Donatella Biagimaino, Gaetano e Ubaldo Gandolfi. Turin, 2002, page 105).

Associated names:

McCrindle, Josep