Giovanni_Benedetto_Paolazzi

Giovanni Benedetto Paolazzi

Giovanni Benedetto Paolazzi

Italian painter

Giovanni Benedetto Paolazzi (1700–1788) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active in Bologna, mainly in ornamental and quadratura painting.

Biography

He trained initially under Antonio Dardani, and learned quadratura from Tommaso Aldrovandini.[1] He was a member of the Accademia Clementina and died in Bologna.[2] Paolazzi help decorate some of the rooms in the Palazzo Malvezzi Campeggi.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Annali della città di Bologna dalle sua origine al 1796, by Salvatore Muzzi; Bologna, 1846, Volume 8, page 743.
  2. [2]
    Guida del forestiere per la città di Bologna e suoi sobborghi, by Girolamo Bianconi; 1820, page 525.
  3. [3]
    Memoria di Bologna, comune website on the palace Malvezzi Campeggi.


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