Domenico Maria Conti or Conti Bazzani (or Bazzano/Bozani) (

Mantua Mantua ( ; it, Mantova ; Lombard language, Lombard and la, Mantua) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the Province of Mantua, province of the same name. In 2016, Mantua was designated as the Italian Capital of Culture ...

, 1740 -

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, 19 February 1815) was an Italian painter, bridging

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and Neoclassical styles. He is described as a disciple, and adoptive son of

Giuseppe Bazzani Giuseppe Bazzani (23 September 1690 – 17 August 1769) was an Italian painter of the Rococo. Biography Born in Mantua to a goldsmith, Giovanni Bazzani, early on he apprenticed with the Parmesan painter Giovanni Canti (1653–1715). A fellow pu ...

, who was director of the Academy of Mantua after 1767.

History

He studied in the Academy of Mantua under Bazzani, and was awarded gold medals in competitions in 1765 and 1766. In 1769, his essay on a young ''Scipio Africanus'' was also awarded gold medals, but he did not accept a title of master, but a position teaching figure painting. Among his works in Mantua, he painted in the Royal Palace and in the church of San Zenone. The ''Jesus Nazarene'' in the Cathedral was painted during his stay in Rome. In 1770, Conti moved to Rome, where he found papal patronage, trained with

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, and was able to establish an active studio. Among his pupils were

Giuseppe Tominz Giuseppe Tominz, also known as Jožef Tominc (6 July 179024 April 1866), was an Italian-Slovene painter from the Austrian Littoral. He worked mostly in the cultural milieu of the upper bourgeoisie in the Austrian Illyrian Kingdom. He was one of ...

and

Giuseppe Bossi Giuseppe Bossi (11 August 1777 – 9 November 1815) was an Italian painter, arts administrator and writer on art. He ranks among the foremost figures of Neoclassical culture in Lombardy, along with Ugo Foscolo, Giuseppe Parini, Andrea Appi ...

. It is reputed that

Vincenzo Camuccini Vincenzo Camuccini (22 February 1771 – 2 September 1844) was an Italian painter of Neoclassic histories and religious paintings. He was considered the premier academic painter of his time in Rome. Biography Camuccini was born in Rome, and fir ...

and

Pietro Benvenuti Pietro Benvenuti (8 January 1769 – 3 February 1844) was an Italian neoclassical painter. Biography Born in Arezzo in Tuscany, he was influenced by the style of Jacques-Louis David. He was a student of the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence, th ...

also frequented his studio. He completed some portraits. He is known in later years for serving as a merchant or appraiser for the exportation of paintings from Rome.Encyclopedia Treccani
Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 28 (1983), entry by Ksenija Rozman.

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