Gasparo Landi

Gasparo Landi (1756-1830) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassic period.

He was born at Piacenza, but later trained with Pompeo Batoni and Domenico Corvi at Rome. He was Director and President of the Academy of St. Luke at Rome, and obtained the first prize at the Academy at Parma in 1781. He died at Rome. He contributed canvases for the Pitti Palace, a "Maries at the Tomb" and a "Burial of the Virgin" and a "The Ascent to Calvary" for the cathedral at Piacenza.

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