Andrea Locatelli (19 December 1695 – 19 February 1741) was an Italian painter of landscapes (vedute). Not a lot is known about the personal life of Andrea Locatelli, and much of that is due to the research of Andrea Busiri Vici who was considered the greatest Locatelli authority of the 20th century. He was responsible for the reintroduction of Locatelli to the present art world. This article is based on his book, Andrea Locatelli and Roman Landscape Paintings of the Eighteenth Century, published in 1976.

Andrea Locatelli (he spelled it Lucatelli) was born in Rome in 1695 – the month is not known with certainty. This was stated by him at the base of a self-portrait drawing he made for Nicola Pio in 1723. He died, probably from ...