Carlo Antonio Rambaldi (1680–1717) was an Italian painter of the
Baroque
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period, active in his native
Bologna
Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its M ...
.
Known as a figure painter, he was a pupil of
Domenico Maria Viani. He painted in
Macerata
Macerata () is a city and ''comune'' in central Italy, the county seat of the province of Macerata in the Marche region. It has a population of about 41,564.
History
The historical city centre is on a hill between the Chienti and Potenza (ri ...
,
Rome
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, and
Turin
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. In Bologna, he painted in the Sacristy of the church of
San Petronio
The Basilica of San Petronio is a minor basilica and church of the Archdiocese of Bologna located in Bologna, Emilia Romagna, northern Italy. It dominates Piazza Maggiore. The basilica is dedicated to the patron saint of the city, Saint Petroni ...
. For his work in
Piacenza
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, he was awarded a knighthood. Returning to Bologna in 1717 with his wife, he drowned in the Taro river.
Annali della città di Bologna dalle sua origine al 1796
by Salvatore Muzzi; Bologna, 1846, Volume 8, page 744. He painted a ''Death of St. Joseph'' for the church of Santi Gregorio e Siro
The church of Santi Gregorio e Siro is a Renaissance architecture, Renaissance-style Roman Catholic parish church on Via Montegrappa 15 in central Bologna, Italy. Initially this was the Church of San Gregorio, but when the nearby parish church of ...
; a ''Visitation'' for San Giuseppe Sposo ; and a ''St. Francis Xavier'' for the church of Santa Lucia.
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17th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
18th-century Italian painters
Italian Baroque painters
Painters from Bologna
1717 deaths
1680 births
18th-century Italian male artists
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