Pompeo Aldrovandini

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Pompeo Aldrovandini
Born	1677 Bologna
Died	1735 Rome
Nationality	Italian
Field	Painting
Movement	Baroque

The Cordonata and Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome, with fireworks and revellers celebrating the election of Pope Clement XII Corsini (1730) Red chalk, ink with pen and wash. 32.1 x 44.3 cm

Not to be confused with the Cardinal Pompeo Aldrovandi

Pompeo Aldrovandini (1677–1735) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Born in Bologna to a family of painters, he mainly learned from his cousin Tommaso Aldrovandini and was employed much in the decoration of churches, palaces, and theatres of Dresden, Prague, and Vienna. He died at Rome.

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References

Bryan, Michael (1886). Robert Edmund Graves, ed. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. pp. page 16.

Authority control	VIAF: 50437892 ISNI: 0000 0000 6628 9629

Persondata
Name	Aldrovandi, Pompeo
Alternative names
Short description	Painter
Date of birth	1677
Place of birth	Bologna
Date of death	1735
Place of death	Rome

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