Background
He trained with his father, Odoardo Orlandi, a pupil of Lorenzo Pasinelli.
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Stefano Orlandi
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He then entered the studio of Pompeo Aldrovandini, who taught him quadratura, and with Pompeo, he went to Rome starting in 1713 where he completed scenography for the Teatro Capranica.
Career
He is known for painting fanciful architectural canvases, known as Capricci. Stefano first aspired to be a as a stucco artist, but then began learning from a mediocre local painter known as Antonio Rizzini. He painted the church of Santi Giovanni e Petronio, working with the figure painter Giuseppe Gambarini.
He was influenced by Giuseppe Bibiena.
After 32 months in Rome, and only 23 years old, he returns to Bologna, working with Gioseffo Orsoni in quadratura, also completing scenic designs for theaters in Lucca and Turin. He formed collaborations with Vittorio Bigari.
He helped decorate the entry stairwell and a hall in the Palazzo Aldrovandi and a gallery in the Palazzo Ranuzzi. He painted in the Palazzo Pubblico of Faenza and in the Palazzo degli Architi in Milan.
He painted for Count Pellegrini in Verona.
In Brescia, he worked with Francesco Monti and painted in the Palazzo of the Marchese Martinengo and in the Casa Canzago, and in a chapel of the Domenican church. Back in Bologna, he painted decorations in the Archbishop"s church of San Pietro and in the Oratory of the Virgin of the Centura and the oratorian"s chapel in San Giacomo Maggiore. He painted much of the quadratura of the Palazzo Aldrovandi.
He painted in the church of the Convertite, quadratura for the 5th chapel of the church of the Celestines, and for the Monti Chapel in the church of Corpus Domini, and the Altar of Street Vincent Ferrer in San Petronio.
He suffered a stroke in 1755, and was bed ridden for four years.
