Pellegrino Antonio Orlandi [SEP] occupation
Pellegrino Antonio Orlandi
Pellegrino Antonio Orlandi (1660–1727) was an Italian writer and art historian, author of the "Abecedario pittorico" (‘ABC of Painting’).
Born in Bologna, Orlandi joined the city’s Carmelite convent of San Martino. Here he undertook research in art history and was made a member of the Accademia Clementina.
The first edition of his "Abecedario pittorico" was published in Bologna in 1704. This was a biographical dictionary covering, according to its author, some four thousand painters,
Gallacini sopra gli errori degli architetti. "Giambatista Pasquali: Venice, 1771. 
- Biographical sketch of Antonio Visentini in: Pellegrino, Antonio Orlandi. "Abecedario pittorico del m.r.p. Pellegrino Antonio Orlandi, bolognese, contenente le notizie de' professori di pittura, scoltura, ed architettura." Giambatista Pasquali: Venice, 1753.