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Antonio Beccadelli (Bologna, 1718 - 1803) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque or Rococo style.
He painted mainly genre subjects in a fashion similar to that of Giuseppe Maria Crespi.
He was a pupil of Felice Torelli in Bologna and may also have studied with Giuseppe Carlo Pedretti. Beccadelli's documented works are "the Charity of the Capuchin Friars", "the Interior with Table" and "the Country Dance", in which the landscapes were completed by Carlo Lodi. Read the full biography

Antonio Beccadelli (Bologna, 1718 - 1803) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque or Rococo style.
He painted mainly genre subjects in a fashion similar to that of Giuseppe Maria Crespi.
He was a pupil of Felice Torelli in Bologna and may also have studied with Giuseppe Carlo Pedretti. Beccadelli's documented works are "the Charity of the Capuchin Friars", "the Interior with Table" and "the Country Dance", in which the landscapes were completed by Carlo Lodi. In 1763-4 Beccadelli of Villa Boschi in Bologna.
In 1745 he became a member of the Clementine Academy and became its prince in 1757. At the end of his life, he was a member of commissions that investigated works of art looted during the Napoleonic occupation of the city. During the last years of his career he became an art dealer.