Rodolfo Pallucchini (born November 10, 1908 in Milan, Italy, and died April 8, 1989, in Venice) is an Italian art historian, professor, administrator, curator and patron.
[1] In nearby Padua, Pallucchini followed his university studies, graduating in literature in 1931 under the guidance of Giuseppe Fiocco with a thesis, published three years later, focused on the figure of Giovanni Battista Piazzetta.
His academic career began in 1937, and he later held the chair of History of Medieval and Modern Art in various Italian universities: Bologna, Venice and Padua.
Pallucchini published numerous studies collected in books and magazines, even after ceasing his academic activity in 1979.
[3] Pallucchini is noted for putting forth and emphasizing of the theory that Giambattista Pittoni studied under Antonio Balestra that has now generally been discounted in the classical arts historical circles.