Baroque and Rococo
Domenichino
Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri)(b Bologna, Oct 1581; d Naples, 6 April 1641).
Italian painter and draughtsman. On the basis of his frescoes and altarpieces he became established as the most influential exponent of the 17th-century classical style. Through his critical analysis of the art of Raphael and Annibale Carracci he was influential in the creation of a modern canon of the ancients; and he was perhaps the most complete example of a 17th-century artist struggling to reconcile tradition with the demand for spectacle.
Landscape with Tobias Laying Hold of the Fish
1617
National Gallery at London
The Last Communion of Saint Jerome
1614
oil on canvas; 419 x 256
Citta del Vaticano, Musei vaticani
