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Selected Works70

Museum Acquisitions

Art Institute of Chicago

The Education of the Virgin

The Education of the Virgin, 1780

Etching and aquatint in brown on ivory laid paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Bust of a Saint [St. Peter]

Bust of a Saint [St. Peter], 1770

Etching on ivory laid paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Head of a Young Woman in Profile, 1770

Etching on off-white laid paper

The Head of King Priam in Profile, 1797

Santa Barbara Museum of Art

pen and brown ink

Santa Barbara Museum of Art

pen and brown ink

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Holy Family

The Holy Family, 1776

Five Grotesque Heads

Five Grotesque Heads

Pen and brown ink, wash, and black chalk

Head of a Man in Oriental Costume

Head of a Man in Oriental Costume, 1775

Cleveland Museum of Art

Sketch of a Head (verso)

Sketch of a Head (verso), 1780

blue pastel (head); random pastel marks

Cleveland Museum of Art

Head of a Young Man (recto)

Head of a Young Man (recto), 1780

black chalk with red chalk, heightened with traces of white chalk (black and red chalk stumped in places)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Head of a Young Man (recto) Sketch of a Head (verso)

Head of a Young Man (recto) Sketch of a Head (verso), 1780

black chalk with red chalk, heightened with traces of white chalk (black and red chalk stumped in places)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Death of Marcus Curtius

Death of Marcus Curtius, 1799

black chalk (stumped in places) and brush and black chalk wash

Cleveland Museum of Art

Five Grotesque Heads

Five Grotesque Heads, 1750

pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over black chalk

Cleveland Museum of Art

Reclining Male Nude

Reclining Male Nude

red chalk (stumped)

Circe, Ulysses, and Mercury

Circe, Ulysses, and Mercury, 1766

Pen and brown ink with dark gray wash over traces of black chalk

A Group of Five Turbaned Men

A Group of Five Turbaned Men

Pen and brown ink and gray wash with traces of black chalk

Figures and Animals in Deep Architectural Setting

Figures and Animals in Deep Architectural Setting

Pen and brown ink, graphite, and gray wash

Allégorie de la Justice

Allégorie de la Justice, 1765

huile sur toile

Pinacoteca di Brera

Studio di testa e di mani

Studio di testa e di mani

In museum collection

Carboncino su Carta

Pinacoteca di Brera

Studio di testa, maschile, di terza

Studio di testa, maschile, di terza

In museum collection

Matita su Carta

Previous Sales

Gaetano Gandolfi

Gaetano Gandolfi

€80,000 ($88k USD)

Studies of ten heads

Studies of ten heads

Allegory of Spring

Allegory of Spring

The Judgement of Paris

The Judgement of Paris

The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and an angel

The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and an angel

Madonna Annunciate

Madonna Annunciate

A bearded man, bust-length, holding a rosary

A bearded man, bust-length, holding a rosary

Saint Anthony of Padua adoring the Christ Child

Saint Anthony of Padua adoring the Christ Child, 1795

Orpheus and Eurydice fleeing Hades

Orpheus and Eurydice fleeing Hades

Saint Lawrence

Scène mythologique : Le banquet de Didon et Enée (?)

Scène mythologique : Le banquet de Didon et Enée (?)

A bearded man, bust-length in profile, wearing a brown coat

Pan with young satyrs, putti and a nymph

Pan with young satyrs, putti and a nymph

£3,500 ($6k USD)

Pan with young satyrs, putti and a nymph

Pan with young satyrs, putti and a nymph

Architectural Study

Architectural Study

Studies of the heads of five young women, a young girl, a boy and a bearded man

Studies of the heads of five young women, a young girl, a boy and a bearded man

£7,500 ($10k USD)

Erminia amongst the Shepherds; and Rinaldo and Armida in the Garden of Delights

Erminia amongst the Shepherds; and Rinaldo and Armida in the Garden of Delights

Four studies of heads

Four studies of heads

£5,250 ($7k USD)

Diana and Endymion

Diana and Endymion

£437,000 ($577k USD)

Youth and Age: study of two heads

Youth and Age: study of two heads

£12,500 ($17k USD)

Four heads: two women, a boy and a bearded man

Four heads: two women, a boy and a bearded man

The Birth of Venus

The Birth of Venus

Saint Cecilia

€545,000 ($600k USD)

Christ supported by two angels

Christ supported by two angels

€75,000 ($83k USD)

For Sale

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy

A Triumphal Procession in Ancient Rome

A Triumphal Procession in Ancient Rome, 1780

Pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite and black chalk

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy

A Young Man Warming Himself at a Brazier

A Young Man Warming Himself at a Brazier

Red chalk heightened with white on laid paper

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy

The Holy Family with God the Father

The Holy Family with God the Father

Aquatint with etching in brown on laid paper

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy

Orpheus and Eurydice

Orpheus and Eurydice, 1802

Black and white chalk on tan laid paper

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy

Six Heads, a Turk in Front

Six Heads, a Turk in Front

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy

Heads of Two Bishops

Heads of Two Bishops

Pen and brown ink on laid paper

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy

The Infant Bacchus Astride a Wine Barrel

The Infant Bacchus Astride a Wine Barrel

Etching on laid paper

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy

Studies of Callisto

Studies of Callisto, 1785

Oiled charcoal and stumping, heightened with white gouache

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy

Bust of a Saint

Bust of a Saint

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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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The Education of the Virgin

Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2025 · Accession 2024.605 · Etching and aquatint in brown on ivory laid paper

The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund

Bust of a Saint [St. Peter]

Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2025 · Accession 2024.606 · Etching on ivory laid paper

The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund

Head of a Young Woman in Profile

Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2025 · Accession 2024.604 · Etching on off-white laid paper

The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund

The Head of King Priam in Profile

J. Paul Getty Museum · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 2024 · Accession 2024.11 · Drawings

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Adoration of the Shepherds

National Gallery of Art · Washington, D.C., United States · Acquired 2020 · Accession 2020.73.2 · etching and aquatint on laid paper

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Sheet with Seven Etchings

National Gallery of Art · Washington, D.C., United States · Acquired 2020 · Accession 2020.46.5.a-g · seven etchings printed on one sheet of laid paper

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Saints Peter and Paul

National Gallery of Art · Washington, D.C., United States · Acquired 2020 · Accession 2020.46.3 · etching and engraving on laid paper [working proof]

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Saints Peter and Paul

National Gallery of Art · Washington, D.C., United States · Acquired 2020 · Accession 2020.46.2 · etching and engraving on laid paper

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Saints Peter and Paul

National Gallery of Art · Washington, D.C., United States · Acquired 2020 · Accession 2020.46.1 · etching and engraving on laid paper

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Santa Barbara Museum of Art · Santa Barbara, California, United States · Acquired 2017 · Accession 2017.16.9 · pen and brown ink

SBMA, Gift of The Joseph B. and Ann S. Koepfli Trust

Santa Barbara Museum of Art · Santa Barbara, California, United States · Acquired 2017 · Accession 2017.16.8 · pen and brown ink

SBMA, Gift of The Joseph B. and Ann S. Koepfli Trust

The Birth of Venus

National Gallery of Art · Washington, D.C., United States · Acquired 2016 · Accession 2016.131.2 · red chalk heightened with white on laid paper

Gift of David H. McDonnell

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death

Gaetano Gandolfi dies

Jan 1, 1802

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birth

Gaetano Gandolfi born

Jan 1, 1734