Brief Biography-Domenico Zampieri (Domenichino) was born in Bologna; his most noted training was under Annibale Carracci in his Accademia degli Incamminati. It was one of the first art academies in Italy, started by the three Carracci cousins Agostino, Ludovico and Annibale. In 1602, he worked at the Palazzo Farnese in Rome under Annibale. He became one of the most successful artists in Rome, winning numerous commissions.
In Naples after 1631, he encountered resentment from jealous rivals and hastily left in 1634. He later returned to Naples to complete a major commission in the Cathedral but died during his stay. Suspicion had it; he may have got poisoned by one of his rivals.
His art style transformed from Mannerism to Baroque, and his most significant achievements were frescoes he undertook in Rome. Apart from Annibale Carracci, the works of Antonio da Correggio, Caravaggio and Raphael influenced him. He was also a musician and a talented architect.
Domenichino is one of the most significant painters of the seventeenth century, despite scathing criticism from John Ruskin in the nineteenth century.