Domenico Campagnola (c. 1500–1564)

• Was an Italian painter and printmaker in engraving and woodcut of the Venetian Renaissance.
• Born probably in Venice.
• Hhe was the pupil of his father, the leading engraver and painter Giulio Campagnola.
• He appears to have been adopted by his father as a young boy.
• His grandfather, Girolamo Campagnola was a famous humanist and painter in Padua.
• He is mainly remembered for his prints and his drawings, especially of landscapes.
• In his lifetime he was a successful painter, mostly in Padua, where he was mainly based from the early 1520s onwards, until his death there in 1564.
• Mostly he painted on walls, including decorative schemes, but portraits and landscapes are also attributed to him.
• His engravings, fourteen of which are known, were produced in a short burst in 1517-18, when he was still in his teens; most are dated 1517.
• On some his name appears in full, on others, abbreviated "Do.Cap" or "Do.Camp." (for "Domenico Campagnola").
• Many drawings long considered by Titian are now thought to be by Domenico, and attribution of many is still disputed, as some earlier drawings are disputed between his father Giulio, Titian, and Giorgione.
• Drawings have also been reattributed from Domenico to Giulio Campagnola.
• He began by closely following the style of his father and Titian in producing landscapes with figures, but produced larger numbers, and made them directly for sale.
• Most of his paintings have been destroyed.
• Fresco paintings are to be seen in the Scuola del Santo at Padua and in Venice.
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