Gaetano Gandolfi Angels in clouds 18th century Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
Eighteenth-century drawings by the Bolognese brothers Gaetano Gandolfi (1734-1802) and Ubaldo Gandolfi (1728-1781) and by Gaetano's son, Mauro Gandolfi (1764-1834). Like the Tiepolo dynasy in Venice, the Gandolfi were especially comfortable with figures disporting themselves high overhead in the sky.
Ubaldo Gandolfi Landscape with nudes 18th century Prado |
Gaetano Gandolfi Seated prophet 18th century Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Ubaldo Gandolfi Three putti around an oval 18th century Prado |
Gaetano Gandolfi Académie 18th century Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
Ubaldo Gandolfi Académie 18th century Prado |
Gaetano Gandolfi Académie 18th century Prado |
Ubaldo Gandolfi Académie 18th century Prado |
Mauro Gandolfi Return of the Prodigal Son 18th century Prado |
Ubaldo Gandolfi St Charles Borromeo burying the dead during the plague at Milan 18th century Prado |
Ubaldo Gandolfi Figure study from below 18th century Prado |
Ubaldo Gandolfi The three holy women at the empty tomb, with an angel 18th century Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
Ubaldo Gandolfi Sketches of old men and a child 18th century Morgan Library, New York |
Ubaldo Gandolfi Reclining women in clouds 18th century Morgan Library, New York |