Mauro Aldrovandini

Mauro Aldrovandini
Born	1649 Bologna
Died	1680
Nationality	Italian
Known for	Painting
Movement	Baroque

Mauro Aldrovandini (1649–1680) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. While he was most active in Bologna, and some claim he was native to the city,^[1] others claim he was born in Rovigo.^[2] He mainly painted perspective views and architectural subjects (quadratura) in private houses and for theaters. Along with the figure painter Domenico Baroni, he painted the quadratura in fresco for the Oratory of San Giovanni, (Oratory of the Fiorentini). This is a style in which he trained his more famous nephew Tommaso Aldrovandini. He also painted the second of the fifteen chapels, each one celebrating the fifteen mysteries of the Rosary and which line the long portico leading up to the Sanctuary of the Madonna di San Luca in Bologna.

Mauro’s son, Pompeo Agostino, (1677-Rome, 1735) was also a painter of quadratura and landscapes.^[3]

References

1. For example, F. Boni claims Mauro is Bolognese
2. Bartoli, Francesco (1793). Le pitture, sculture ed architetture della città di Rovigo: con indici ed illustrazioni. Googlebooks. Pietro Savoni, Venice. p. 318.
3. Bartoli F, page 318

• Boni, Filippo de' (1852). Biografia degli artisti ovvero dizionario della vita e delle opere dei pittori, degli scultori, degli intagliatori, dei tipografi e dei musici di ogni nazione che fiorirono da'tempi più remoti sino á nostri giorni. Seconda Edizione.. Venice; Googlebooks: Presso Andrea Santini e Figlio. p. 14.