Carlo Natali, also known as il Guardolino, (circa 1592- 1683) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Cremona and Bologna. Biography. Carlo was initially a pupil of the Mannerist painters Andrea Mainardi and Giovanni Battista Trotti in Cremona. He then moved to train with Guido Reni. He then moved to Rome and then Genoa. In Genoa, he painted a frieze for the Palazzo Doria, where he met Giulio Cesare Procaccini (died 1628). He returned to Cremona where he worked in the fabbrica of the Cathedral until his death.
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