Michele Ridolfi

Michele Ridolfi (Gragnano, September 29, 1793 – Lucca, November 1, 1854) was an Italian painter and art critic.

[1] He moved to Rome in 1813 to study with various artists, including a colony of German artists, principally Peter von Cornelius and Johann Friedrich Overbeck.

His Enthroned Madonna received two gold medals and a crown of laurel from the Pope.

He restored Amico Aspertini's frescoes in the Basilica di San Frediano at Lucca with great skill.

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