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Domenico Zampieri (1581 – 1641)

• Known by the diminutive Domenichino after his shortness.
• He was an Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School of painters.
• Domenichino was born in Bologna, son of a shoemaker, and there studied under Denis Calvaert.
• One of Domenichino's masterpieces, his frescoes of Scenes of the Life of Saint Cecilia in the Polet Chapel of San Luigi dei Francesi, was commissioned in 1612 and completed in 1615.
• At the time of his death, Domenichino's chief assistant was an obscure painter from Assisi, Francesco Raspantino, who inherited his master's studio.
• Domenichino's pupils were Alessandro Fortuna, Giovanni Battista Ruggieri, Antonio Alberti called Barbalonga, Francesco Cozza, Andrea Camassei, and Giovanni Angelo Canini.
• Others who studied in his studio include Poussin, Pietro Testa, and his future biographer, Giovanni Pietro Bellori.
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Domenichino, Saint George killing the Dragon, about 1610

Original, The National Gallery, London. Visited in 2018-19.

Domenichino. The Rebuke of Adam and Eve, 1626

Original, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Visited in 2017-2018.

Domenichino. The Rebuke of Adam and Eve, 1626

Domenichino. Abraham Leading Isaac to Sacrifice, 1602

Original, The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, TX. Visited in 2020.

Domenichino. Abraham Leading Isaac to Sacrifice, 1602

Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri), Landscape with Moses and the Burning Bush, 1610–16

Original, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Visited in 2017-2021.

Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri), Landscape with Moses and the Burning Bush, 1610–16

Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri), Landscape with Moses and the Burning Bush, 1610–16

Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri), The Lamentation, 1603

Original, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Visited in 2017-2021.

Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri), The Lamentation, 1603

Daniel Seghers, Domenico Zampieri, Garlands of flowers surrounding a medallion representing the triumph of Love, between 1625 - 1627

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Daniel Seghers, Domenico Zampieri, Garlands of flowers surrounding a medallion representing the triumph of Love, between 1625 - 1627

Domenichino, Renaud presenting a mirror to Armide, about 1617-1621

Original, The National Gallery, London. Visited in 2018-19.

Domenichino, Renaud presenting a mirror to Armide, about 1617-1621

Domenichino, Renaud presenting a mirror to Armide, about 1617-1621

Domenichino, Timoclée captive brought before Alexander, about 1615

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Domenichino, Timoclée captive brought before Alexander, about 1615

Domenichino, Saint Cecilia with an Angel holding a Musical Score, 1600 - 1625

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Domenichino, Saint Cecilia with an Angel holding a Musical Score, 1600 - 1625

Domenichino, Saint Cecilia with an Angel holding a Musical Score, 1600 - 1625

Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri), Landscape with the flight to Egypt, about 1620-1623

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri), Landscape with the flight to Egypt, about 1620-1623

Domenichino, Landscape with a hermit, about 1605-1606

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Domenichino, Landscape with a hermit, about 1605-1606

Domenichino, Landscape with washing machines, about 1604-1605

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Domenichino, Landscape with washing machines, about 1604-1605

Domenichino, King David playing the harp, around 1619

Original, Palace of Versailles, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Domenichino, King David playing the harp, around 1619

Domenichino, King David playing the harp, around 1619