Lamberto Cristiano Gori (1730–1801) was an Italian painter and artist active mostly in

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. He worked in an early Neoclassic style.

Life and work

Lamberto Gori was born in

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. He became the pupil of Ignazio Hugford, the painter and monk of the Benedictine

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. Gori is known for painting, mostly reproductions of earlier masters, and designs produced in

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.The History of Painting in Italy from the period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century

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, translation by

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. Volume 1, page 346.

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References

Treccani encyclopedia entry
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