Domenico Conti Bazzani

Domenico Maria Conti or Conti Bazzani (or Bazzano/Bozani) (Mantua, 1740 - Rome, February 19, 1815) was an Italian painter, bridging Rococo and Neoclassical styles. He is described as a disciple, and adoptive son of Giuseppe Bazzani, who was director of the Academy of Mantua after 1767.

Domenico Maria Conti

History

He studied in the Academy of Mantua under Bazzani, and was awarded gold medals in competitions in 1765 and 1766. In 1769, his essay on a young Scipio Africanus was also awarded gold medals, but he did not accept a title of master, but a position teaching figure painting. Among his works in Mantua, he painted in the Royal Palace and in the church of San Zenone. The Jesus Nazarene in the Cathedral was painted during his stay in Rome.[1]

In 1770, Conti moved to Rome, where he found papal patronage, trained with Pompeo Batoni, and was able to establish an active studio. Among his pupils were Giuseppe Tominz and Giuseppe Bossi. It is reputed that Vincenzo Camuccini and Pietro Benvenuti also frequented his studio. He completed some portraits. He is known in later years for serving as a merchant or appraiser for the exportation of paintings from Rome.[2]

gollark: I did have an idea™ for a fairly simple application I could use and also abuse OCaml for, so maybe.
gollark: <@!332271551481118732> ocaml opinions?
gollark: ~~minoteaur rewrite 109471895~~
gollark: Hmm, perhaps I shall use this "OCaml" for something then, I'm sure I can find *some* thing to abuse it for.
gollark: With Rust ones I can generally just look at docs.rs and get information about any type/trait/function/module in something.

References
  1. Memorie biografiche poste in forma di dizionario dei pittori, scultori, architetti, ed incisori Mantovani., by Pasquale Codde, Luigi Coddé; 1838, Presso i Fratelli Negretti, Mantua, page 48-50.
  2. Encyclopedia Treccani, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 28 (1983), entry by Ksenija Rozman.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.