Gaetano Sabatini (1703–1734; or 1731), also known as ''il Mutarolo'' (or ''Il Mutolo'') due to his deaf-mutism, was an Italian

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and

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painter. Born in

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to a domestic worker for the aristocratic Marescalchi family, he perfected his style first in

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, then in painting. The painter Francesco Monti mentored him as a painter. He painted an altarpiece of the church of the Celestine order in Bologna. He died young in Bologna.Felsina pittrice, vite de' pittori bolognesi: tomo terzo
by Luigi Crespi page 320. The

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has a self-portrait by Sabatini.

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Gaetano Sabatini
Biography, Getty Museum. 1703 births 1731 deaths 1734 deaths 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Bologna Italian draughtsmen Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub