Artist Birthdays August 31 – GAETANO GANDOLFI

GAETANO GANDOLFI (August 31, 1734 – June 20, 1802)

• Nationality: Italian
• Field: Painting, sculpture
• Art Movement: Baroque, Neo-Classicism
• ARTiFact: He died playing bowls in a church field, probably of a heart attack, although there is an alternative tradition that he was knocked on the head by a ball.
• Important Artwork (shown below): Joseph’s Dream (detail), c. 1790.

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