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Domenichino

[ doh-mey-ni-kee-noh; Italian daw-me-nee-kee-naw ]

noun

  1. Domenico Zampieri (Le Dominiquin), 1581–1641, Italian painter.


Domenichino

/ domeniˈkiːno /

noun

  1. DomenichinoDomenico Zampieri15811641MItalianARTS AND CRAFTS: painter full name Domenico Zampieri (doˈmeːniko dzamˈpjɛːri). 1581–1641, Italian Baroque painter, noted for his frescoes and the altarpiece Last Communion of St Jerome (1614)
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Example Sentences

Domenichino secretly hired, as for his own use, one of the boats belonging to a fisherman of Spera.

Besides being the intimate friend of Du Quesnoy, he was a devout pupil of Domenichino, for whom he had the greatest reverence.

There he received from the painter Domenichino the necessary training for the work which he desired to take up.

He also studied anatomy, and attended the academy of Domenichino, whom he considered the first master in Rome.

The varying fortunes of Domenichino's fame form a curious chapter in the history of taste.

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