About Gaetano Callani
Lived 1736 – 1809 (aged 73). Gaetano Callani was a painter and sculptor.
Gaetano Callani (16 January 1736 – 6 November 1809) was an Italian painter and sculptor, active mainly in his native Parma in a Neoclassical style. Gaetano Calliani, pastel portrait by his daughter, Maria Callani.
Biography Born at Parma, he was a pupil of Giambettino Cignaroli . He helped decorate the Room of the Caryatids (1774-1776) at the Royal Palace of Milan. In Parma, he competed the statues of Isaiah and St John the Evangelist for the church of the Annunziata and the Beatitudes for the church of Sant'Antonio Abate, Parma. Both his children, Francesco (1779-1844) and Maria Callani, were also painters.
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Who was Gaetano Callani?
Italian painter (1736-1809)
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Gaetano Callani was born on 16 January 1736 in Parma.
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Gaetano Callani died on 6 November 1809 in Parma.
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Gaetano Callani was a painter and sculptor.
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