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Domenichino was born in Bologna, son of a shoemaker, and there initially studied under Denis Calvaert. After quarreling with Calvaert, he left to work in the Accademia degli Incamminati of the Carracci where, because of his small stature, he was nicknamed Domenichino, meaning "little Domenico" in Italian.
Domenichino was trained in Bologna, where he joined the academy founded by the Carracci. Reni and Albani were fellow pupils. Like them, he moved to Rome in 1602 to assist Annibale Carracci in the completion of the gallery of Palazzo Farnese—a formative experience.
Bolognese school. Domenichino (born October 1581, Bologna, Papal States [Italy]—died April 6, 1641, Naples) was an Italian painter who was a leading practitioner of Baroque classicism in Rome and Bologna. He was trained in the academy of Lodovico Carracci and in 1602 was in Rome, where he joined the Bolognese artists at work under the ...
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Domenichino (ital. Domenichino, in fact Italian. Domenico Zampieri, October 21, 1581, Bologna — April 15, 1641, Naples) was an Italian painter of the Bologna school, instructor of Poussin and Lorrain, a precursor of classicism.
After a short apprenticeship with the Mannerist painter Denis Calvaert, Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri) attended the school run by Agostino Carracci (1557-1602) and Ludovico Carracci (1555-1619), where he soon distinguished himself as an extraordinarily gifted decorator.
Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri) was born in Bologna and trained there, first under the naturalised Flemish artist Denys Calvaert, and then in the Carracci Academy.
Domenichino was born in Bologna, and trained there under Ludovico Carracci. In Rome he was also influenced by the works of Raphael , as can be seen in his celebrated frescoes on the life of Saint Cecilia in S. Luigi dei Francesi, probably completed by 1614.
