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Giovanni Cadioli (c. 1710 – 10 September 1767) was an Italian painter of the Baroque, active mainly in his native Mantua. He was also an author of a guide to artworks in this city.[1]

Giovanni Cadioli
Born	around 1710 Mantua
Died	September 10, 1767 Mantua
Nationality	Italian
Education	Giovanni Canti
Known for	Painting and Architecture
Movement	Baroque

Biography

He was a pupil of Giovanni Canti, along with Giuseppe Bazzani and Francesco Maria Raineri. He excelled in painting landscapes.[2] He painted The Alms of San Guerrino both for the Church of Sant’Egidio in Mantua. In 1746, he completed a series of monochrome paintings about the ‘’Life of St Hippolytus’’ for the church of Gazoldo degli Ippoliti. In 1748 he was appointed painter and architect of the Royal Ducal Theatre of Mantua. In 1752 established the Academy of Fine Arts of Mantua, and later became its director. He painted frescoes in Abbey of San Benedetto in Polirone between 1750 and 1760. Among his pupils was Giacomo Gatti.

References

• D'Arco, Carlo (1857). Delle arti e degli artefici di Mantova: notizie raccolte ed illustrate con Disegni e con Documenti. Vol. I. pp. 83–85.
• Lanzi, Luigi (1847). History of Painting in Italy; From the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century. Vol. II. Translated by Thomas Roscoe. London: Henry G. Bohn.

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Giovanni Cadioli (Mantova, 1710 circa – Mantova, 10 settembre 1767) è stato un pittore e architetto italiano.

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