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Stefano Gherardini (1695-1755) was an Italian painter, prolific in painting genre scenes or bambocciate.

Biography

He was a pupil of Giuseppe Gambarini. [1] He was born and died in Bologna. He is described by Pietro Zani as a painter of capricci, caricatures, di pittocchi, of charlatans and all things recognized under the title of bambocciate[2]


References

Ticozzi, Stefano (1818). Dizionario degli architetti, scultori, pittori, intagliatori in rame ed in pietra, coniatori di medaglie, musaicisti, niellatori, intarsiatori d’ogni etá e d’ogni nazione (Volume 1). Vincenzo Ferrario, Milan. p. 232.
"pittore di capricci, cioè di caricature, di pitocchi, di ciarlatani, cose tutte riconosciute per lo più sotto il titolo di bambocciate", from P. Zani, Enc. metodica critica-ragionata delle belle arti, IX, Parma 1822, p. 363; quoted in Encyclopedia Trecanni, entry on Gherardini, by Ivana Corsetti, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 53 (2000).

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