Mauro Oddi (1639–c. 1702) was an Italian painter and architect 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 in the Duchy of Parma.

Biography

He was born in 1639 at Parma, where he first trained. He went afterwards to Rome, where he studied six years, under

Pietro da Cortona Pietro da Cortona (; 1 November 1596 or 159716 May 1669) was an Italian Baroque painter and architect. Along with his contemporaries and rivals Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini, he was one of the key figures in the emergence of Roman ...

. On his return to his native city his talents recommended him to the patronage of the Duke of Parma, who employed him in ornamenting the ducal palace in Parma and the Palace of Colorno; giving him also the appointments of court painter and builder. He drew two thousand medals in the ducal cabinet of coins, and painted some altar-pieces for the churches of Parma, Piacenza, and

Modena Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...

Melchior Küsel Melchior Küsel (1626, Augsburg – 1684, Augsburg) was a German engraver. Life According to Houbraken he made 24 engravings after Johann Wilhelm Baur of the Passion of Christ but also a series after Ovid.Nicolas Dorigny Sir Nicolas Dorigny was a French engraving, engraver, the youngest son of Michel Dorigny, and was born in Paris in 1652 or 1658.Grove His education prepared him for the legal field, and he followed that profession until he was thirty years of age, ...

, and others have engraved after his works. Two etchings by him are also known, ''The Adoration of the Shepherds'' after

Parmigiano Parmesan ( it, Parmigiano Reggiano; ) is an Italian hard, granular cheese produced from cows’ milk and aged at least 12 months. It is named after two of the areas which produce it, the provinces of Parma and Reggio Emilia (''Parmigiano'' i ...

and

Jacopo Caraglio Jacopo Caraglio, Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio or Gian Giacomo Caraglio (c. 1500/1505 – 26 August 1565) known also as ''Jacobus Parmensis'' and ''Jacobus Veronensis'' was an Italian engraver, goldsmith and medallist, born at Verona or Parma. ...

, and ''The Rape of Europa'', after

Agostino Carracci Agostino Carracci (or Caracci) (16 August 1557 – 22 March 1602) was an Italian painter, printmaker, tapestry designer, and art teacher. He was, together with his brother, Annibale Carracci, and cousin, Ludovico Carracci, one of the founders of ...

.Bryan, page 221.

References

Attribution: * 1639 births 1702 deaths Painters from Parma Italian Baroque painters 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub