Mauro Aldrovandini

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Mauro Aldrovandini
Born1649
Died1680
NationalityItalian
Known forPainting
MovementBaroque

Mauro Aldrovandini (1649–1680) was an Italian painter of the

quadratura
) in private houses and for theaters.

Along with the figure painter Domenico Baroni, he painted the quadratura in fresco for the Oratory of San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini. The frescoed ceiling depicting the Glory of St John the Baptist (1668–71). This is a style in which he trained his more famous nephew Tommaso Aldrovandini.

He also painted the second of the fifteen chapels, each one celebrating the fifteen mysteries of the

Sanctuary of the Madonna di San Luca
in Bologna.

Mauro's son, Pompeo Agostino, (1677-Rome, 1735) was also a painter of quadratura and landscapes.[3]

References

  1. ^ For example, F. Boni claims Mauro is Bolognese
  2. ^ Bartoli, Francesco (1793). Le pitture, sculture ed architetture della città di Rovigo: con indici ed illustrazioni. Googlebooks. Pietro Savoni, Venice. p. 318.
  3. ^ Bartoli F, page 318