Mauro Gandolfi: Bolognese Elegance and Venetian Echoes Mauro Gandolfi (18 September 1764 – 4 January 1834) stands as a pivotal figure in the Bolognese School of painting, embodying its neoclassical ideals intertwined with subtle Venetian artistic traditions. Born into an artist’s family—his father Gaetano Gandolfi and uncle Ubaldo Gandolfi were themselves celebrated painters—Mauro inherited a legacy of artistic excellence that would d…