Domenichino

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

/ doʊˌmeɪ nɪˈki noʊ; Italian dɔˌmɛ niˈki nɔ /

noun

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

Example sentences from the Web for domenichino

Domenichino seems very unequal in his pictures; but when he is grand and free, the energy of his genius perfectly satisfies.

At Home And Abroad |Margaret Fuller Ossoli
I found myself scowling most unmercifully at Guido and Domenichino.

Italian Hours |Henry James
On the other hand, I never can turn to the Domenichino without being thrilled with emotion, and touched with awe.

The Diary of an Ennuye |Anna Brownell Jameson
Domenichino's Chase of Diana, with the two beautiful nymphs in the foreground, is a splendid picture.

The Diary of an Ennuye |Anna Brownell Jameson

The Caracci and Domenichino have immortalized themselves by their frescos in its gallery.

Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) |S. Spooner

British Dictionary definitions for domenichino

Domenichino

/ (Italian domeniˈkiːno) /

noun

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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