Domenico Maria Muratori

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Domenico Maria Muratori (* on or shortly before April 14, 1661 in Vedrana near Bologna ; † August 17, 1742 or October 1744 in Rome ) was an Italian painter and etcher in the Baroque and Rococo periods . Despite his extensive work, he was almost completely forgotten.

Early years

Muratori was born in Vedrana, a small town about 20 kilometers northeast of Bologna. The exact date of birth is not known, only the date of baptism, April 14, 1661. Muratori was a student of Lorenzo Pasinelli at the Ghislieri Academy in Bologna , and in 1688 he was honored as the best student. He left Bologna in April 1689 first for Naples and is recorded in Rome from 1690.

Roman time

Muratori initially studied further in Rome. Around this time he began painting the first frescoes in various Roman churches. In 1703 he became a member of the Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Literature . In 1705 he was appointed to the important Academia San Luca .

Before 1704 he created a fresco and five oil paintings for the Capella San Giovanni da Capestrano in the Church of San Francesco a Ripa ; two of the paintings have survived. His painting style was strongly based on the younger Carracci , but influences from Domenichino and Guido Reni can also be seen.

Around 1702 to 1706 he worked for Cardinal Fabrizio Spada two paintings on ancient themes, once the death of Mark Antony and then the death of Cleopatra , the works are now in the Galleria Spada in Rome.

A number of paintings that he made for the Strozzi family around 1708 have now been lost. For Cardinal Tommaso Ruffo he made the apse frescoes in the church Spirito Santo dei Napoletani in 1709 , they represent the miracles of St. Thomas Aquinas .

Further examples of his Roman work are a figure of Nahum in San Giovanni in Laterano , the fresco is on the first right pillar immediately after the central portal or the representation of St. Augustine for Bambin Gesù , created as an altarpiece on the right arm of the transept . He also made the oil painting Miracle of Sts in Santa Croce e San Bonaventura dei Lucchesi . Lorenzo Giustiniani , it is on the left wall of the Capella Castagnori , the middle chapel on the right. One of the highlights of his work is the altarpiece in oil for Santi Dodici Apostoli , made in 1726 for 1,000 Scudi on behalf of the Archbishop of Ravenna . It represents the martyrdom of St. Philip and Jacobus and is the largest altar painting still in Rome. A preliminary drawing for the huge painting is now in the National Museum in Naples.

Other plants in Italy

Muratori also did commissioned work for non-Roman churches. In Pisa there are two paintings by him in the church of San Sisto . It is a depiction of Mary with the baby Jesus and St. Leonhard and Francis de Sales , created around the third decade of the 18th century. For the cathedral of Orvieto he made a representation of John the Baptist with Mary Magdalene, Agnes and St. John the Baptist in 1724 on behalf of Cardinal Filippo Antonio Gualterio , a great-nephew of Cardinal Carlo Gualterio . Charles Borromeo . Further works are preserved in Ascoli Piceno , Turin and Assisi , for the latter in Santa Maria degli Angeli there is also a depiction of Mary with child and saints .

Probably before 1731 he created the crowning of thorns for Santissime Stimmate di San Francesco in a competition with Marco Benefial . In his late work, the altar painting for Santa Prassede from 1735 and a depiction of St. Jean François Régis for Cardinal Neri Maria Corsini from 1737. The history of art is now uncertain about some other paintings that were ascribed to him as late works.

Domenico Maria Muratori died, unusually old for the time, according to recent research on August 17, 1742 or, according to older information, e.g. B. Thieme-Becker , in Rome in October 1744. He is buried in the Pantheon. One of his children, Giuseppe Renato Muratori (1708–1766), also became a painter.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maria Barbara Guerrieri Borsoi:  Muratori, Domenico Maria. In: Raffaele Romanelli (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 77:  Morlini-Natolini. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2012.
  2. ↑ a b Muratori, Domenico Maria . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 25 : Moehring – Olivié . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1931, p. 326 . .
  3. ^ Walter Buchowiecki: Handbook of the Churches of Rome , pp. 71–72.
  4. ^ Walter Buchowiecki: Handbook of the Churches of Rome , p. 426.
  5. ^ Walter Buchowiecki: Handbook of the Churches of Rome , p. 628.
  6. ^ Walter Buchowiecki: Handbook of the Churches of Rome , p. 657.
  7. ^ A b c Maria Barbara Guerrieri Borsoi:  Muratori, Domenico Maria. In: Raffaele Romanelli (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 77:  Morlini-Natolini. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2012.

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personal data
SURNAME Muratori, Domenico Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter and etcher
DATE OF BIRTH around April 14, 1661
PLACE OF BIRTH Vedrana
DATE OF DEATH August 17, 1742 or October 1744
Place of death Rome