Mercury About to Behead Argus, by Ubaldo Gandolfi, circa 1770-1775

Ubaldo Gandolfi (1728, San Matteo della Decima –1781, Ravenna), Italian painter of the late Baroque period, active mainly in and near Bologna. He was from a large family of artists. His sons, his bothers, his nephews and niece were all artists and, together, they are considered the last great representatives of the grandiloquent Bolognese school.

Selene and Endymion by Ubaldo Gandolfi, 1770

Ubaldo Gandolfi (1728, San Matteo della Decima –1781, Ravenna), an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period.