Giovanni Benedetto Paolazzi
Giovanni Benedetto Paolazzi (1700–1788) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active in Bologna, mainly in ornamental and quadratura painting.
Biography[]
He trained initially under Antonio Dardani, and learned quadratura from Tommaso Aldrovandini.[1] He was a member of the Accademia Clementina and died in Bologna.[2] Paolazzi help decorate some of the rooms in the Palazzo Malvezzi Campeggi.[3]
References[]
- ^ Annali della città di Bologna dalle sua origine al 1796, by Salvatore Muzzi; Bologna, 1846, Volume 8, page 743.
- ^ Guida del forestiere per la città di Bologna e suoi sobborghi, by Girolamo Bianconi; 1820, page 525.
- ^ Memoria di Bologna, comune website on the palace Malvezzi Campeggi.
Categories:
- 1700 births
- 1788 deaths
- 18th-century Italian painters
- Italian male painters
- Quadratura painters
- Painters from Bologna
- Italian painter, 18th-century birth stubs