Camillo Gabrielli () was an

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painter of the late

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period. He was born in

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. He was a pupil of

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. Lanzi states that he was the first who introduce the style of

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among his countrymen. He painted some oil pictures at the

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, and for private collections; but he was more distinguished for his

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paintings, which were much esteemed. His principal work was the decorations of the great salon in the Palazzo Alliata in Forisportam and for the Palazzo del Consiglio dei Dodici in Pisa. He died in 1730. Among his pupils were Francesco and Giuseppe Melani.Biblioteca enciclopedica italiana
Volume 14, by Nicolo Bettoni; Milan (1831); page 135.

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