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Giovanni Benedetto Paolazzi (1700–1788) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active in Bologna, mainly in ornamental and quadratura painting.

Biography

He trained initially under Antonio Dardani, and learned quadratura from Tommaso Aldrovandini. He was a member of the Accademia Clementina and died in Bologna. Paolazzi help decorate some of the rooms in the Palazzo Malvezzi Campeggi.

References

1. Annali della città di Bologna dalle sua origine al 1796, by Salvatore Muzzi; Bologna, 1846, Volume 8, page 743.
2. Guida del forestiere per la città di Bologna e suoi sobborghi, by Girolamo Bianconi; 1820, page 525.
3. Memoria di Bologna, comune website on the palace Malvezzi Campeggi.

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