Alessandro Gherardini (16 November 1655 – 1726) was an Italian painter of the

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period, active mainly in

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. He was the pupil of the painter Alessandro Rosi. In Florence, he painted a ''Crucifixion'' for the Monastery of the Augustines adjacent to Santa Maria dei Candeli; and frescoes from the ''Life of St. Anthony'' for the Convent of

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. He painted frescoes on the ''Life of Alexander the Great'' for Casa Orlandini. He is described as a competitor for commissions in Florence with

Anton Domenico Gabbiani file:Antonio Domenico Gabbiani, pentecoste, 1705, 02.jpg, ''Pentecost'', 1705, San Giorgio alla Costa, Florence Anton Domenico Gabbiani (13 February 1652 – 22 November 1726) was an Italian painter and active in a late Baroque style. He worked ...

. Among Gherardini's pupils was

Sebastiano Galeotti Sebastiano Galeotti (1656–1746) was a peripatetic Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active in Florence Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, w ...

, who later moved to Genoa.Biblioteca enciclopedica italiana
Volume 14, by Nicolo Bettoni; Milan (1831); page 133.

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1655 births 1723 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Painters from Florence Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub