Orpheus and Eurydice
Catalogue
- Year
- 1802
- Dimensions
- overall: 44.5 x 31.8 cm (17 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.)
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art
- Artist
- Gaetano Gandolfi
Artist
Painting
Gaetano Gandolfi was an Italian painter, draughtsman and sculptor of the late Baroque period, mainly active in and around Bologna. He is known for his biblical, mythological and allegorical subjects, as well as his portraits and nudes. He was both a painter on canvas and a fresco painter. Gaetano and his older brother Ubaldo were among the leading artists in Italy during their lifetime. This reputation was earned by the excellent quality of their work, which lead to numerous major commissions from courts all over Europe.
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The Sacrifice of Iphigenia
1789 · Oil on canvas
Studies of Female Nudes
1785 · oiled charcoal and stumping, heightened with white gouache on gray-brown laid paper
Sketch of a Head (verso)
1780 · blue pastel (head); random pastel marks
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1780 · black chalk with red chalk, heightened with traces of white chalk (black and red chalk stumped in places)
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- Gaetano Gandolfi
- Year
- 1802
- Dimensions
- overall: 44.5 x 31.8 cm (17 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1802-285207
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- Collection
- National Gallery of Art
- Source
- nga
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