Giovanni Domenico Campiglia
Illustration — Portrait of Cardinal-Patriarch José Manoel da Câmara by Giovanni Domenico Campiglia, Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, 1758 Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692–1768) was an Italian painter and engraver from Florence, active under the patronage of the House of Medici. He initially trained under Tommaso Redi and Lorenzo del Moro, then in Bologna under Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole. Campiglia worked with Antonio Francesco Gori for over a decade on the Museum Florentinum, a collection of images of all the famous artists of Florence.
Also recorded as Johann Dominik Campiglia · Giovan Domenico Campiglia · Domenico Campiglia · Giovann Domenico Campiglia
Giovanni Domenico Campiglia
Giovanni Domenico Campiglia · [2] · Public domain
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- 1692 · Lucca.
- Died
- 1768 · Rome.
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- painter · printmaker · artist
- Fields
- portrait
- Languages
- Italian
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Illustration — Portrait of Cardinal-Patriarch José Manoel da Câmara by Giovanni Domenico Campiglia, Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, 1758 Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692–1768) was an Italian painter and engraver from Florence, active under the patronage of the House of Medici. He initially trained under Tommaso Redi and Lorenzo del Moro, then in Bologna under Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole. Campiglia worked with Antonio Francesco Gori for over a decade on the Museum Florentinum, a collection of images of all the famous artists of Florence.
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Campiglia's contributions were published in 1734, which induced Pope Clement XII to bring him to Rome. There he worked with historian Giovanni Gaetano Bottari in engravings for his multi-volume Musei Capitolini. His highly finished drawings of antique and famous statues of Rome were highly prized by British tourists.
The recorded working language is Italian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Work by Giovanni Domenico Campiglia is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Ackland Art Museum and British Museum.
The authorities additionally record the headings Johann Dominik Campiglia, Giovan Domenico Campiglia, Domenico Campiglia, Giovann Domenico Campiglia and Campiglia. His recorded language was Italian.
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1692
Giovanni Domenico Campiglia was born in 1692 at Lucca.
1700
The Council of Trent: the Holy Ghost appearing above the councillors. Engraving by P.A. Pazzi after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. is dated [between 1700 and 1799] and held by Wellcome Collection.
1738
Self-portrait of Campiglia drawing, dated 1738, held by British Museum.
1739
Il quinto libro del novo teatro delle fabriche et edificii fatte fare in Roma e fuori di Roma / [Giovanni Domenico Campiglia]., dated 1739, held by Wellcome Collection.
1768
Giovanni Domenico Campiglia died in 1768 at Rome.
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- Campiglia, Giovanni Domenico, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
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Campiglia, Giovanni Domenico, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
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- National Gallery of Scotland, Biography of Campiglia.
- Boni, Filippo de'. Biografia degli artisti ovvero dizionario della vita e delle opere dei pittori, degli scultori, degli intagliatori, dei tipografi e dei musici di ogni nazione che fiorirono da'tempi più remoti sino á nostri giorni. Seconda Edizione. Presso Andrea Santini e Figlio. 176. 1852.
- https://accademiasanluca.it/accademici/archivio/campiglia
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