The universe of Gaetano GandolfiIphigenia is saved at the top of a dizzying composition, while a bishop's head reveals the speed of the brush: Gandolfi goes from the heroic ceiling to the observed face.
1734 - 1802Life of the Bolognese master
Around 1770Bishop's head
1789The Sacrifice of Iphigenia
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Bologna, 1734 -1802 · Mythological theater and character study
Iphigenia is saved at the top of a dizzying composition, while a bishop's head reveals the speed of the brush: Gandolfi goes from the heroic ceiling to the observed face.
Gaetano Gandolfi was born in San Matteo della Decima in 1734 and died in Bologna in 1802. With his brother Ubaldo, he renewed the great Bolognese tradition in the 18th century by assimilating the color, shortcuts and energy of the Tiepolo. He paints altarpieces, ceiling decorations, mythological subjects, drawings and character studies. The Sacrifice of Iphigenia, dated 1789, is an oil on canvas measuring 68.3 × 45.7 cm preparatory to a ceiling of the Palazzo Gnudi Scagliarini in Bologna. At the culmination of Euripides' story, Artemis appears and substitutes a doe for Agamemnon's daughter. The bold shortcuts compress the figures into a structure made to be seen at height. Head of a bishop, around 1770, on the contrary, is a character study of 46.7 × 37.8 cm. It is not an official portrait: beard, collar and expression give the painter the opportunity to freely explore a physiognomy with a lively touch. The "Gaetano Gandolfi" selection notably compares The Sacrifice of Iphigenia and Head of a Bishop. His reading favors movement.
On the ceiling, the body becomes shortened and theater; in the study, a few brushstrokes are enough to reveal a character.
Course & style
Journey, subjects and pictorial language
The renewed Bolognese heritage
Gandolfi combines academic drawing, Venetian color and modern movement. This milestone illuminates the "Gaetano Gandolfi" collection by favoring movement.
Study a face
The Bishop's Head explores beard, age and expression outside the constraints of the official portrait.
Iphigenia for a ceiling
A sketch concentrates divine intervention, shortcuts and theater before the monumental setting.
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Spectacular shortcut
The bodies seem to tilt into the space provided for a ceiling. This line guides a reading of "Gaetano Gandolfi" centered on movement.
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Nervous touch
Beard, collar and skin take shape without a cold finish.
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Bright color
Venetian heritage lightens the drama with light and mobile tones.
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Double register
Monumental mythology and intimate study reveal the same speed of invention.
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From myth to face
Sacrifice, doe, ceiling and character study show the two complementary scales of Gandolfi's art.
Iphigenia01
The victim at the last moment
The young woman finds herself at the center of a story of duty, violence and salvation.
For the myth. Reading of "Gaetano Gandolfi" by the movement.Artemis02
Divine intervention
The goddess replaces the human victim with a doe at the climax.
For the storyCeiling03
Painting for the bottom look
Compression and shortcuts anticipate perception in architecture.
For compositionBishop04
A human type observed
The isolated head studies age, function and expression without portrait command.
For characterIphigenia05
The sacrifice of Iphigenia
Artemis substitutes a doe for the victim in a vertical composition with spectacular shortcuts.
Landmark work by Gaetano GandolfiBishop's Study06
Head of a bishop
The beard, collar and face are captured by a lively touch intended to explore a character.
Landmark work by Gaetano Gandolfi
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Theatre and study at Gaetano Gandolfi
A mythological sketch for ceiling and a characterful head reveal the extent of the Bolognese brush.
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