biografia di Mauro GANDOLFI (1764-1834)

Birth place: Bologna, Italy

Profession: Engraver and watercolorist

Studied: Italy; France

Comments: One of the leading engravers of Europe. In 1817 he came to NYC under contract to engrave Trumbull's Declaration of Independence," but he returned to Italy almost immediately without carrying out his engagement, and taking with him as a pupil the young New York engraver William Main (see entry).

Sources: G&W; Thieme-Becker; Stauffer; Dunlap, History (as Monro Gondolfi)."