Lodovico Gallina

Lodovico Gallina (25 August, 1752 - 4 January, 1787) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Brescia. Born to poor parents in Brescia, he was initially a pupil of Antonio Dusi. Under the patronage of Luigi Chizzola and Faustino Lechi, he was sent to be instructed in the Accademia in Venice.

He painted an altarpiece depicting "Saints Ignatius of Loyola and Fillippo Neri" for the church of Acquafredda. He painted a "Young Jesus disputes doctors at the temple" for the church in Bedizzole.

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