Domenico Guidobono
Italian painter (1668-1746)
Domenico Guidobono (1668–1746) was an Italian painter of easel paintings and frescoes, who together with his brother Bartolomeo Guidobono was one of the principal decorative painters active in Liguria and Piedmont in the late 17th and first half of the 18th century.
Life
Domenico Guidobono was born in Savona, Republic of Genoa as the son of Giovanni Antonio Guidobono and Geronima Cross. His father was a decorative painter of maiolica (ceramic earthenware), who worked for the royal court of Savoy. When he was baptized in the church of St. John the Baptist in Savona, his godfather was the Genovese painter Domenico Piola, one of the eminent members of the Piola family, which operated a large workshop known as the 'Casa Piola'. It is likely therefore that in addition to being trained by his father Domenico Guidobono also benefited from training in the Casa Piola.
His older brother Bartolomeo (1654–1709) gained a major reputation as a decorative fresco painter. The career and life of Domenico have remained in the shadow of his more famous brother and therefore less is known about the younger brother’s training and career when compared to that of his elder brother. As from a young age Domenico travelled and worked with his brother on commissions, it has not always been possible to distinguish the work of either artist. There has been a tendency to attribute lesser quality works to the younger brother which has affected the reputation of the younger artist.
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