Giorgio Domenico Duprà (1689–1770) was an Italian

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artist who served as a

court painter A court painter was an artist who painted for the members of a royal or princely family, sometimes on a fixed salary and on an exclusive basis where the artist was not supposed to undertake other work. Painters were the most common, but the cour ...

to the

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, in

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, and the

House of Savoy The House of Savoy (, ) is a royal house (formally a dynasty) of Franco-Italian origin that was established in 1003 in the historical region of Savoy, which was originally part of the Kingdom of Burgundy and now lies mostly within southeastern F ...

, in

Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is main ...

Life

Born at

and educated in

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, Domenico Duprà was a disciple of

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. He was also strongly influenced by the French school of portrait. From 1719 he began working at the

court of King John V, the Magnanimous of Portugal, where he remained notably as court painter until 1730. Back in Rome he was employed by the exiled Jacobite court of the

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at the

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. In 1750 he returned to Turin and with his brother Giuseppe Duprà (1703-1784) worked for the royal

. He died at Turin in 1770. The

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preserves three of his works depicting females members of royalty quickly recognizable for its delicate and blushing tonalities recalling

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.Rinaldis, Aldo De. L'arte in Roma dal Seicento al Novecento. Bologna, 1948.

Gallery

File:D.JoaoVMatapão.jpg, King

John V of Portugal ''Dom (title), Dom'' John V (; 22 October 1689 – 31 July 1750), known as the Magnanimous (''o Magnânimo'') and the Portuguese Sun King (''o Rei-Sol Português''), was King of Portugal from 9 December 1706 until his death in 1750. His reig ...

at the

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; 1719 File:D. Jaime Alvares Pereira de Mello, Duque de Cadaval.png,

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; 1728-30 File:Patriarca D. Tomás de Almeida (c. 1725) - Domenico Duprà.png, Patriarch

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; c. 1725 File:Domenico, Duprà - Maria Antonia of Spain - Prado.jpg,

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, Queen of Sardinia; c. 1750 File:Infante D. Francisco filho Rei D. Pedro II.jpg,

Infante Francisco, Duke of Beja Infante Francisco, Duke of Beja () (Lisbon, 25 May 1691 – Lisbon, 21 July 1742) was a Portuguese ''infante'' (prince) son of Peter II, King of Portugal, and his second wife, Maria Sofia of the Palatinate. Early life Francisco Xavier Jos ...

; 1729-30

Bibliography

*Aldo de Rinaldis, " L'Arte in Roma ", Bologna 1948 *Nicola Spinosa, "La pittura in Italia. Il Settecento", vol. Il, Milan, 1990

References

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External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dupra, Domenico 18th-century Italian painters People from the Savoyard state Expatriates in Portugal Expatriates in the Papal States Italian male painters Painters from Turin Italian court painters 1689 births 1770 deaths Painters at the Portuguese royal court 18th-century Italian male artists