Antonio Dominici
Antonio Dominici (born March 14, 1737 in Palermo , † November 1794 in Naples ) was a classicist painter in Naples.
Life
Dominici came to Naples at a young age, where he worked at the Accademia del Disegno in Naples from 1755 after training with Francesco Solimena .
In 1757 he was appointed to the royal tapestry manufactory as a draftsman on the recommendation of the artist Pietro Duranti . Together with Duranti and Giuseppe Bonito , he worked on designs for a series of 30 carpets with the story of Don Quixote . Later he worked with Francesco de Mura at the court of the Bourbon viceroys as a portraitist and decorative painter for the palaces of the Bourbons .
Two of his assistants were Elia Interguglielmi and Crescenzio La Gamba .
Works (selection)
- Dining room in the Palace of Caserta : fresco " Allegory of Spring" (1779) and " Bacchus and Ariadne "
- Chiostro di S. Agostino ( Caserta ): frescoes in the monastery church
- Palazzo Reale, Gran Sala of the Court Theater (Teatro di Corte) in Naples: frescoes (together with Crescenzio La Gamba )
literature
- Georg Sobotka : Dominici, Antonio . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 9 : Delaulne-Dubois . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1913, p. 413-414 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
- Chiara Garzya Romano: Dominici, Antonio. In: Massimiliano Pavan (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 40: DiFausto – Donadoni. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1991.
Web links
- Entry in the Archivio biografico comunale
- ilportaledelsud.org
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dominici, Antonio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dominici, Antonio de ' |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1737 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Palermo |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1794 |
| Place of death | Naples |