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Giuseppe Diamantini (1621–11 November 1705) was an Italian painter and printmaker of the
Dizionario biografico degli nomini illustri di Fossombrone
by Augusto Vernarecci, page 13. He is known to have designed the title page of a libretto for the opera '' L’inganno riconosciuto'' by Camillo Contarini from 1666. He reputedly was an early mentor of
Abstract from Grove art encyclopedia
1621 births 1705 deaths People from Pesaro 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Painters from Venice Italian printmakers Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub
Giuseppe Diamantini (1621–11 November 1705) was an Italian painter and printmaker of the Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
period, active mainly in Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...
. Some sources cite varying dates for his life span including 1660–1722.
Biography
He was born inFossombrone
Fossombrone is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Pesaro e Urbino, Marche, central Italy.
History
The ancient Roman colony of ''Forum Sempronii'' took its name from Gaius Sempronius Gracchus.
Near the Furlo Pass, during the Gothic War (535 ...
. His early training is not well documented, but he arrived in Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...
by c. 1650. He appears to have been a pupil or follower of Carracci The Carracci were a family of Italian artists. Notable members include:
* Agostino Carracci (1557–1602), Italian painter and printmaker
* Annibale Carracci (1560–1609), Italian Baroque painter and brother of Agostino Carracci
* Ludovico Carracc ...
.by Augusto Vernarecci, page 13. He is known to have designed the title page of a libretto for the opera '' L’inganno riconosciuto'' by Camillo Contarini from 1666. He reputedly was an early mentor of
Rosalba Carriera
Rosalba Carriera (12 January 1673 – 15 April 1757) was a Venetian Rococo painter. In her younger years, she specialized in portrait miniatures. Carriera would later become known for her pastel portraits, helping popularize the medium in eighte ...
, and of the painter Sante Piatti. He painted a ''God the Father'' on the ceiling of the choir of the church of San Giovanni Crisostomo
San Giovanni Grisostomo (English: Saint John Chrysostom) is a small church in the ''sestiere'' or neighborhood of Cannaregio, Venice.
The church was founded in 1080, destroyed by fire in 1475, then rebuilt starting in 1497 by Mauro Codussi and his ...
in Venice. He painted an altarpiece of the ''Adoration of the Magi'' for the church of San Moisè. He painted classical scenes of the gods ''Mercury and Argus, Juno, Jupiter and Io and Venus'' for the hall of the Palazzo Badoer (not to be confused with the villa) in Venice. He also produced a series of about 60 prints, mainly on classical mythological subjects. In 1698, Diamantini returned to Fossombrone, where he died.
He left a considerable number of plates, most of them etchings. Among his prints are:
*''Holy Family with St. John holding a Cross''.
*''Hagar in the Desert''.
*''Marriage at Cana after Paolo Veronese''.
*''Dead Christ supported by an Angel''.
*''Death of Dido''.
*''Venus, Ceres, and Apollo''.
*''Mercury and Flora''.
*''Fall of Phaeton''.
*''Mercury and Argus''
*''Venus and Adonis''.
*''Mars and Venus''.
*''Diana and Endymion''.
*''Sacrifice of Iphigeneia''.
*''Boreas carrying off Orithyia In Greek mythology, Orithyia or Oreithyia (; el, Ὠρείθυια ''Ōreithuia''; la, Ōrīthyia) was the name of the following women:
*Orithyia or Orythya, the Nereid of raging seas and one of the 50 marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of th ...
.
*''Justice and Peace''. Eight emblematical subjects of different sizes.
References
*Abstract from Grove art encyclopedia
1621 births 1705 deaths People from Pesaro 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Painters from Venice Italian printmakers Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub