Carlo Antonio Rambaldi
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Carlo Antonio Rambaldi (1680–1717) was an Italian painter of the
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period, active in his native
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. Known as a figure painter, he was a pupil of Domenico Maria Viani. He painted in
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,
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. In Bologna, he painted in the Sacristy of the church of
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. For his work in
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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
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; 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 {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub