Mauro Gandolfi
Mauro Gandolfi was a painter, printmaker and copper engraver (1764–1834). He was born at Bologna.
Also recorded as m. gandolfi.
Mauro Gandolfi in brief
- Born
- 1764
- Died
- 1834
- Known for
- painter, printmaker and copper engraver
- Place of birth
- Bologna
Contents
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the heading m. gandolfi. His recorded language was Italian.
He married Laura Zanetti. One child is recorded: Clementina Gandolfi.
Recognition and collections
Work by Mauro Gandolfi is held by Nationalmuseum, Museo del Prado, National Gallery of Canada and Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Works and catalogued output
What Mauro Gandolfi produced.
Saint Gaetano holding the infant Christ. Stipple by P. Bernardi after M. Gandolfi, ca. 1800. is dated [1800?] and held by Wellcome Collection. A Sheet of Heads is dated late 18th–mid-19th century and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 1975.1.325). Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome and Catherine and an Angel is dated 1826 and held by Q214867 (inventory 2014.65.1). Assumption of the Virgin is dated c. 1780 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1922.588). The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues 4 works under this heading. The Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 6 works under this heading.
Wikidata Query Service catalogues 5 works under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 3 works under this heading. Open Library catalogues 1 work under this heading.
Context
The circumstances in which Mauro Gandolfi stands.
Jesus Christ, saying grace with the Virgin and Saint Joseph, blesses a loaf of bread and a dish of fruit. Engraving by M. Gandolfi, 180-, after Duchemin after C. Le Brun. is dated [between 1800 and 1809?] and held by Wellcome Collection. The Virgin suckling the infant Christ, the young Saint John the Baptist standing at left, after Reni is dated 1812 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 51.501.4561). Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist. Engraving by M. Gandolfi after G. Reni. is catalogued and held by Wellcome Collection. Judith holding the head of Holofernes and a sword, her maid behind her at right is dated 1819 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 41.97.448). Head of a Young Woman in Profile is dated 1770s and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2024.604). The Education of the Virgin is dated 1780s and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2024.605).
The Flagellation is dated early 1770s and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2022.73). Vestal Virgin Tuccia is dated n.d. and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1922.603). Allegori över människans åldrar is dated 1794 and held by Nationalmuseum (inventory NMB 2638). Giovannina Rosal is dated 1825 and held by Vanderbilt Museum of Art (inventory 1971.047). Female Head is dated n.d. and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1922.987). Self-portrait is dated 1785 and held by Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna (inventory 403).
Prints in the National Gallery of Art records 1 object associated with this heading. Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna records 1 object associated with this heading. The Metropolitan Museum of Art records 7 objects associated with this heading. Vanderbilt Museum of Art records 1 object associated with this heading.
Holdings and surviving copies
Where material relating to Mauro Gandolfi is held.
The Art Institute of Chicago records 6 objects associated with this heading. The Metropolitan Museum of Art records 7 objects associated with this name. Wellcome Collection records 3 objects associated with this heading. Q214867 records 1 object associated with this heading.
Catalogued works
18 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1770 to 1826.
Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome and Catherine and an Angel, dated 1826, held by Q214867, inventory 2014.65.1. Giovannina Rosal, dated 1825, held by Vanderbilt Museum of Art, inventory 1971.047. Allegori över människans åldrar, dated 1794, held by Nationalmuseum, inventory NMB 2638. Self-portrait, dated 1785, held by Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna, inventory 403. Allegory of Peace, dated 1795. A Sheet of Heads, dated late 18th–mid-19th century, pen and brown ink, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1975.1.325. Vignette with an Allegorical Figure of Astronomy, dated ca. 1798, pen and brown ink, watercolor, over black chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 61.130.2. The Virgin suckling the infant Christ, the young Saint John the Baptist standing at left, after Reni, dated 1812, engraving, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 51.501.4561. Judith holding the head of Holofernes and a sword, her maid behind her at right, dated 1819, engraving, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 41.97.448. Assumption of the Virgin, dated c. 1780, pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over black chalk and charcoal, on ivory laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1922.588. Female Head, dated n.d., red chalk on ivory laid paper, laid down on blue paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1922.987. Vestal Virgin Tuccia, dated n.d., pen and brown, with brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper and tipped onto cream laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1922.603. The Flagellation, dated early 1770s, pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2022.73. Head of a Young Woman in Profile, dated 1770s, etching on off-white laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2024.604. The Education of the Virgin, dated 1780s, etching and aquatint in brown on ivory laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2024.605. Saint Gaetano holding the infant Christ. Stipple by P. Bernardi after M. Gandolfi, ca. 1800., dated [1800?], held by Wellcome Collection. Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist. Engraving by M. Gandolfi after G. Reni., held by Wellcome Collection. Jesus Christ, saying grace with the Virgin and Saint Joseph, blesses a loaf of bread and a dish of fruit. Engraving by M. Gandolfi, 180-, after Duchemin after C. Le Brun., dated [between 1800 and 1809?], held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 8 named public collections.
Q214867: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Prints in the National Gallery of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Vanderbilt Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Nationalmuseum: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 7 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
3 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Gandolfi, Mauro, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Gandolfi, Mauro, Oxford Art Online, 2003. The Art of Embellishment: Drawings and Paintings by Gaetano and Mauro Gandolfi for a Festive Carriage, Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University, 1993.
Digitised editions and texts
1 digitised item associated with this heading is catalogued by Internet Archive.
Mauro in America (2003) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 5 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
Mauro Gandolfi studied at Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna. the recorded working language is Italian.
Work by Mauro Gandolfi is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Museo del Prado, National Gallery of Canada, Philadelphia Museum of Art and Vanderbilt Museum of Art.
Chronology
- 1764Mauro Gandolfi born at Bologna.
- 1764Mauro Gandolfi was born in 1764 at Bologna.
- 1780Assumption of the Virgin is dated c. 1780 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1922.588).
- 1785Self-portrait is dated 1785 and held by Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna (inventory 403).
- 1785Self-portrait (Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna).
- 1794Allegori över människans åldrar is dated 1794 and held by Nationalmuseum (inventory NMB 2638).
- 1794Allegori över människans åldrar (Nationalmuseum).
- 1795Allegory of Peace.
- 1800Jesus Christ, saying grace with the Virgin and Saint Joseph, blesses a loaf of bread and a dish of fruit. Engraving by M. Gandolfi, 180-, after Duchemin after C. Le Brun. is dated [between 1800 and 1809?] and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1800Saint Gaetano holding the infant Christ. Stipple by P. Bernardi after M. Gandolfi, ca. 1800. is dated [1800?] and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1812The Virgin suckling the infant Christ, the young Saint John the Baptist standing at left, after Reni is dated 1812 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 51.501.4561).
- 1819Judith holding the head of Holofernes and a sword, her maid behind her at right is dated 1819 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 41.97.448).
- 1825Giovannina Rosal is dated 1825 and held by Vanderbilt Museum of Art (inventory 1971.047).
- 1825Giovannina Rosal (Vanderbilt Museum of Art).
- 1826Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome and Catherine and an Angel is dated 1826 and held by Q214867 (inventory 2014.65.1).
- 1826Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome and Catherine and an Angel (Q214867).
- 1834Mauro Gandolfi died at Bologna.
- 1834Mauro Gandolfi died in 1834 at Bologna.
- 1922Vestal Virgin Tuccia is dated n.d. and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1922.603).
- 1922Female Head is dated n.d. and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1922.987).
- 1975A Sheet of Heads is dated late 18th–mid-19th century and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 1975.1.325).
- 2003Mauro in America digitised by Internet Archive.
- 2022The Flagellation is dated early 1770s and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2022.73).
- 2024Head of a Young Woman in Profile is dated 1770s and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2024.604).
- 2024The Education of the Virgin is dated 1780s and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2024.605).
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
Gandolfi, Duke, ((Alfonso Otho Gandolfi-Hornyold)) (20 June 1879–11 May 1937), Who Was Who, 2007
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 2.
Gandolfi, Duke, (Charles Gandolfi Hornyold) (22 Dec. 1846–27 Feb. 1906), Who Was Who, 2007
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 3.
Gandolfi, Mauro, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 4.
- 5.
Open Library author record for Mauro Gandolfi (Internet Archive), 1 catalogued work.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
Consult the source - 6.
The Art of Embellishment: Drawings and Paintings by Gaetano and Mauro Gandolfi for a Festive Carriage, Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University, 1993
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 7.
Internet Archive, 2 digitised items catalogued under Mauro Gandolfi as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
Consult the source - 8.
The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Mauro Gandolfi.
museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago
Consult the source - 9.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Mauro Gandolfi (7 objects).
museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Consult the source - 10.
Wellcome Collection catalogue records 3 works naming Mauro Gandolfi.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
Consult the source - 11.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q3301739: Mauro Gandolfi
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
Consult the source - 12.
“Mauro Gandolfi”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Consult the source
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