Apollonio Facchinetti called Domenechini

ABOUT THE ARTIST: 

Apollonio Domenichini, alternatively referred to as the Maestro Della Fondazione Langmatt was an Italian painter of vedute. (A veduta is a detailed, usually large-scale painting of ancient buildings or other vista.) He was best known for his pictorial representations of views of Venice and its surroundings. His name is recorded in the records of the 'fraglia' or guild of Venetian painters in 1757 and he often appears as the painter of many works sent by the art dealer Giovanni Maria Sasso.  Apollonio Domenichini was probably the most prolific painter in Venice during the 18th century. 

The name of this master derived from a set of thirteen vedute kept at the eponymous Langmatt Foundation in Baden, Switzerland.  Details of his life are relatively scarce, scholars have started to construct a fuller picture through his paintings and various archival sources.  His father, also a painter, was named as “Domenico Facchinetti detto Domenichini”; we may therefore deduce that Domenichini was the nickname used for the members of the Facchinetti family who were artists. 

Domenichini may have been a pupil of Luca Carlevarijs and seems to have been independently active from around 1740. Domenichini’s work has been linked to the work of Michele Marieschi (1710–1743) and Francesco Albotto (1721–1757), although in general his work seems to have more in common with the Canaletto-like works of Francesco Tironi (1745–1797).

ABOUT THE SUBJECT: 

 In this view of an Italian Capriccio , an Architectural Columnata in ruins with vegetation and debris grounds, the façade of the main building stands out on the side. The campo itself is animated by numerous figures wearing brightly coloured clothes, which give a sense of depth to the perspective view.

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