Pompeo Aldrovandini

Pompeo Aldrovandini
Born	1677 Bologna
Died	1735 Rome
Nationality	Italian
Known for	Painting
Movement	Baroque

The Cordonata and Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome, with fireworks and revellers celebrating the election of Pope Clement XII Corsini (1730) Red chalk, ink with pen and wash. 32.1 x 44.3 cm

Not to be confused with the Cardinal Pompeo Aldrovandi

Pompeo Aldrovandini (1677–1735) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Born in Bologna to a family of painters, he mainly learned from his cousin Tommaso Aldrovandini and was employed much in the decoration of churches, palaces, and theatres of Dresden, Prague, and Vienna. He died at Rome.

References

• Bryan, Michael (1886). Robert Edmund Graves, ed. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. p. 16.