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Biography

Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri), Bolognese painter. He was Annibale Carracci's favourite pupil and one of the most important upholders of the tradition of Bolognese classicism. After studying with Calvaert and Lodovico Carracci he went to Rome (1602) and joined the colony of artists working under Annibale Carracci at the Palazzo Farnese.

His only undisputed work there is the Maiden with the Unicorn, a charming, gentle fresco over the entrance of the Gallery.

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By the second decade of the century he was established as Rome's leading painter and had a succession of major decorative commissions, among them scenes from the life of St Cecilia in San Luigi dei Francesi (1613-14). The dignified frieze-like composition of the figures reflects his study of Raphael's tapestries, and in turn influenced Poussin.

The frescos in the pendentives and apse of Sant'Andrea della Valle (1624-8), his chief work of the 1620s. show a move away from this strict classicism towards an ampler Bar