Giovanni Domenico Lombardi
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Giovanni Domenico Lombardi (1682–1751) was an Italian
painter
of the late-Baroque
period in Lucca
. He shows the influence of rising neoclassicism
but enveloped by an attention to Caravaggist
quotations. He was likely influenced by Pietro Paolino (died 1681).
Italy
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painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
of the late-Baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
period in Lucca
Lucca
Lucca is a city and comune in Tuscany, central Italy, situated on the river Serchio in a fertile plainnear the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Lucca...
. He shows the influence of rising neoclassicism
Neoclassicism
Neoclassicism is the name given to Western movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that draw inspiration from the "classical" art and culture of Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome...
but enveloped by an attention to Caravaggist
Caravaggio
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. His paintings, which combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, had a formative influence on the Baroque...
quotations. He was likely influenced by Pietro Paolino (died 1681).
Works
- Saint François Xavier bénissant les pestiférés, Museum of Fine Arts, Chambéry.
- L'interno di un palazzo con una elegante campagnia
- Allegoria della Fede e della Carità
- Twenty-two tableaux, RougnatRougnatRougnat is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.-Geography:A large area of forestry, farming and lakes comprising the village and several hamlets situated by the banks of the river Cher, some northeast of Aubusson on the D996 and the D4...
church, Creuse (LimousinLimousin (région)Limousin is one of the 27 regions of France. It is composed of three départements: Corrèze, Creuse and the Haute-Vienne.Situated largely in the Massif Central, as of January 1st 2008, the Limousin comprised 740,743 inhabitants on nearly 17 000 km2, making it the second least populated region of...
).
Further reading
- Betti Paola, Giovan Domenico Lombardi : nei Musei nazionali di Lucca, Pacini Fazzi publication, 2003. ISBN 887246577X