Pietro Scandellari

Pietro Scandellari (1711–1789) was an Italian painter and scenic designer.

Biography

He was born in Bologna, and trained under Francesco Galli Bibiena, mainly as a decorative painter for churches. His brothers Giuseppe and Giulio were also painters. The brothers Fillipo (1717-1801) and Giacomo Antonio were sculptors.[1] Fillipo studied under his father, the sculptor Giacomo Scandellari, and later Angelo Pio. Fillipo was named to the Clementine Academy.[2]

He painted a Nativity at San Mattia in Bologna with Pietro Faccini and Niccola Bertuzzi.[3]

At the Basilica di Santa Maria dei Servi of Bologna, he painted ornament around a painting by Vittorio Bigari. One of his pupils was Giuseppe Jarmorini. He also painted in the church of San Procolo, Bologna.

References

  1. ↑ Treccani encyclopedia entry.
  2. ↑ Annali della città di Bologna dalle sua origine al 1796, by Salvatore Muzzi; Bologna, 1846, Volume 8, page 746.
  3. ↑ Guida del forestiere per la città di Bologna e suoi sobborghi, by Girolamo Bianconi, page 121.



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