Gaetano Astolfoni
Italian painter
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Biography
He painted an altarpiece of St Francis Xavier for the church of Santo Stefano in Venice,[2] He painted the main altarpiece in the parish church of San Jacopo Apostolo, better known as San Giacomo dall'Orio,[3] He restored a Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple by Giuseppe Salviati at the Frari.[4]
Mostly self trained, Gaetano Astolfoni became a member of the Academy of Fine Arts of Venice, and there exhibited in 1819 a Magdalen. In 1821, 1822, and 1825 he exhibited copies of antique works, including Rembrandt. In 1840 he exhibited a San Giorgio Illuminatore che battezza il Re d'Armenia and in 1841, Gesù che disputa nel tempio.[5]
