Pietro Bardellino

Pietro Bardellino (1728–1806)^[1] was an Italian painter.

Biography

Bardellino was born in Naples, and was initially trained by Francesco de Mura. In 1773 he became director of the Accademia Napoletana del Disegno which later became the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Naples. Bardellino joined with the Rococo movement, influenced by Corrado Giaquinto. He primarily painted religious and mythological themes in oil paintings and frescoes. He frescoed the ceiling of the church of San Giuseppe in Naples.^[2]

He died in Naples in 1819.^[3]

References

1. Pietro Bardellino in Grove Dictionary of Art
2. Storia della pittura in Napoli ed in Sicilia dalla fine del 1600, by Carlo Tito Dalbono, page 89.
3. "Pietro Bardellino Brief Biography". Retrieved 2012-07-06.