- Giuseppe Diamantini
Giuseppe Diamantini (1621-1705) was an Italian painter and printmaker of the
Baroque period, active mainly inVenice .He was born in
Fossombrone . His early training is not well documented, but he arrived inVenice by c. 1650. He is known to have designed the title page of a libretto for the opera "L’inganno riconosciuto " byCamillo Contarini from 1666. He reputedly was an early mentor ofRosalba Carriera , and a painter by the name ofSanto Piati . He painted a "God the Father" on the ceiling of the choir of the church ofSan Giovanni Crisostomo in Venice. He painted an altarpiece of the "Adoration of the Magi" for the church ofSan Moisè . He painted classical scenes of the gods "Mercury and Argus, Juno, Jupiter and Io and Venus" for the hall of thePalazzo 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:
*"The 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 Orcithyia.
*"Justice and Peace". Eight emblematical subjects of different sizes.References
*cite book| first=Michael| last=Bryan| year=1886| title="Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical" (Volume I: A-K)| editor = Robert Edmund Graves| pages= page 410| publisher=George Bell and Sons|location=York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007 |id= |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=4GYCAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage&dq=DICTIONARY+AACHEN+AALST&as_brr=1| authorlink=
* [http://www.artnet.com/library/02/0225/T022595.asp| Abstract from Grove art encyclopedia]
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