Ubaldo Gandolfi

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Ubaldo Gandolfi (1728—1781) was an Italian painter, mainly active in and near Bologna.

Born in San Matteo della Decima and died in Ravenna. Ubaldo enrolled by the age of 17 at the Clementine Academy, where he apprenticed with Ercole Graziani II, Felice Torelli, and Ercole Lelli. He is from a large family of prolific artists, including his sons Giovanni Battista and Ubaldo Lorenzo, as well as his brother Gaetano and nephews Mauro, Democrito (who became a pupil of Antonio Canova), and niece Clementina. Together, they are considered the last representative of the grand manner of painting characteristic of the Bolognese school, that had risen to prominence nearly two centuries earlier with the Carracci. His painting ranges from Baroque to Neoclassic styles, and specifically recalls the style of Ludovico Carracci He completed in 1770-75, a series of canvases on mythological narratives for the Palazzo Marescalchi in Bologna (Two are now in Museum of North Carolina [1]).

• Exhibition of Gaetano and Ublado's work in 2002.

Madonna with Child, Saint Dominic and Vincenzo Ferreri (ca. 1773)

Saint Petronius in Ecstasy