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Domenichino

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Do·me·ni·chi·no  (d-mn-kn, -mn-) 1581-1641.
Italian painter of the baroque eclectic school who is noted for his religious and mythological works, including several frescoes of Saint Cecilia.

Domenichino (Italian) [domeniˈkiːno]
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(Biographies / Domenichino, Domenico Zampieri (1581-1641) M, Italian, ARTS 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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Represented are masterworks by such luminaries as Domenichino, Sabastiano Ricci, Guercino, and Tiepolo.
An oil painting of Saint Jerome, painted around the start of the 17th century by Italian artist Domenichino, has been bequeathed to the National Library of Wales, alongwithpaintings by Sir Kyffin himself.
The story of his death in Bethlehem comes from Pseudo-Eusebius of Cremona, who recorded that the ninety-year-old saint, "'with great crying and gasping,' received communion with his disciples shortly before death" (Richard Spear, Domenichino, New Haven, 1982, p.
 
 
 
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