Niccolò Bambini

Niccolò Bambini (1651–1736) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance and early-Baroque periods.

Biography

He was born in Venice in 1651, and first studied under Giulio Mazzoni at Venice. To this period belong the ceiling of the church of S. Moisè, in a poor state of preservation, and an ''Allegory of Venice'' in the hall of the Four Doors of the ducal Palace. Later went to Rome, where he became a pupil of Carlo Maratti. On his return to his homeland, seeing that the whole world was running after the paintings of Liberi, he also followed that beautiful way of painting.

An example of his imitations from Liberi is the allegorical ceiling of Ca 'Pesaro (1682). While ''The Nativity of the Virgin'' in the church of San Stefano, according to Zanetti, was "conducted following the style of the art school of Rome". However, this painting of porcelain colors and pungent design, however, represented an isolated case. Usually Roman memories are reduced in his paintings to some generic motifs typical of the Maratta's followers. Among his best works are ''The Adoration of the Magi'' in St.Zaccaria in Venice, painted in competition with A. Balestra, as well as the decoration of the library hall of the bishop's palace in Udine (1709). In his last period, he approached Sebastiano Ricci so much to be almost confused with him, as in the allegorical compartment with ''Minerva who Crowns Titus Livius'' in the ceiling of the library of the patriarchal seminary of Venice. For this reason it cannot be excluded that some works that considered of Ricci's youthful period belong to Nicolo Bambini, especially from the Parma group.

He died in Venice. He had two sons who were painters, Giovanni and Stefano.

Works

Works of Bambini that are found in Venice:
* ''The Crowning of the Virgin'', ceiling in the church of the Hermits;
* ''Deposition'', in St. Marcuola;
* ''Immaculate'', in St. Pantaleone;
* ''St. Joseph Appears to St. Teresa'' and ''The Consecrated Host Flies to St. Teresa'', in the church of the Scalzi;
* ''Four Evangelists'', in St. Spirit;
* ''Our Lady and Three Saints'', in St. Stae;
* ''The Virtue that Drives Away Vices'' and ''The Time That Discovers the Truth'', in the patriarchal palace;
* ''Agar in the Desert'', at Palazzo Barbaro-Curtis;
* ''Stories of St. Romualdo'', at the Museo Correr.

San Moisè (Venice) Interno - Mosè colpisce la roccia - Soffitto.jpg, Moses striking the rock San Moisè
Adorazione dei magi - Nicolo Bambini 1717 - San Zaccaria.jpg, Adoration of the Magi San Zaccaria, Venice 1717
Frari (Venice) Left transept - The massacre of innocents by Niccolò Bambini early eighteenth century.jpg, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari
Santa Maria degli Scalzi (Venice) - Miracolosa comunione du santa Terese di Gesu - Niccolò Bambini.jpg, '' Miraculous communion of Saint Teresa'' Scalzi, Venice
Santa Maria degli Scalzi (Venice) - San Giuseppe appare a Santa Teresa e la libera da un pericoloso incontro - Niccolò Bambini.jpg, St. Joseph appears in Santa Teresa Scalzi, Venice
Bambini, Niccolo - Ariadne and Theseus.jpg, Ariadne and Theseus
Bambini, Niccolo Rebecca at the well.jpg, Rebecca at the well
Bambini, Niccolo - Die Kommunion des Apostels Jakobus Minor -.jpg, Communion of the Apostle Jacob
Ca' Rezzonico - Achille e le figlie di Licomede - Nicolo Bambini.jpg, Achilles at Skyros
Ca' Rezzonico - Ratto delle Sabine - Nicolo Bambini.jpg, Abduction of the Sabine Women

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1651 births
1736 deaths
Italian male painters
Painters from the Republic of Venice
Italian Baroque painters
Pupils of Carlo Maratta
17th-century Venetian people
18th-century Venetian people