Domenico Maria Muratori (Attribuito a) Italian, 1661-1742

 

 

Born in Vedrana, near Budrio, in 1661, Domenico Maria Muratori began his training under Lorenzo Pasinelli at the Ghislieri Academy in Bologna, where he won the prize for best student in 1668.

 

In 1689, Muratori moved to Naples, where he stayed for nine months before settling in Rome in 1690. In Rome, he continued his studies and began receiving his first major commissions. Between 1698 and 1704, he created a series of frescoes for the Chapel of Saint John of Capestrano in the Church of San Francesco a Ripa.

 

In 1703, he became a member of the Academy of the Virtuosi at the Pantheon, and in 1705, of the Accademia di San Luca. During this period, he produced numerous works for Roman churches, including the fresco The Miracle of Saint Thomas Aquinas in the Church of the Holy Spirit of the Neapolitans and a figure of the prophet Nahum in San Giovanni in Laterano.

Throughout his career, Muratori also received commissions outside of Rome, such as two canvases for the Church of San Sisto in Pisa and an altarpiece for the Cathedral of Orvieto, depicting Saints Charles, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Mary Magdalene, and Agnes.

 

Domenico Maria Muratori died in Rome in 1742.

 

 

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