Domenichino

(1581–1641) nE

Domenichino (1581–1641) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Domenichino belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.

Domenichino was born in Bologna and died in Naples. The teachers included Denys Calvaert and Ludovico Carracci. Domenichino became a member of Accademia di San Luca.

The best-known works include ‘Landscape with Hercules and Acheloüs’, ‘Landscape with Hercules and Cacus’, ‘Saint John the Evangelist’, and ‘Madonna of the Rosary’. The catalogue has 110 works by Domenichino with free images. The dated works span the years 1525–1823. Works by Domenichino are held by several collections, among them National Gallery, Department of Paintings of the Louvre, Département des peintures du Louvre, and Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Gillis Claeszon Hondecoeter, Pedro Orrente, Artus Wolffort, Frans Francken (1581-1642), and Bernardo Strozzi.

• The Baroque
• Adoration of the Shepherds
• Communion of Saint Jerome
• Diana and her Nymphs
• Virgin and Unicorn (A Virgin with a Unicorn)