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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