Domenico Vantini (1765 – 22 June 1825) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassic period, mainly active in

Brescia Brescia (, ; ; or ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the region of Lombardy, in Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Lake Garda, Garda and Lake Iseo, Iseo. With a population of 199,949, it is the se ...

and

Mantua Mantua ( ; ; Lombard language, Lombard and ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Italian region of Lombardy, and capital of the Province of Mantua, eponymous province. In 2016, Mantua was designated as the "Italian Capital of Culture". In 2 ...

. Vantini was born and died in

. He was first a pupil of

Santo Cattaneo Sante Cattaneo or Santo Cattaneo (8 August 1739 – 1819) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassic period, mainly active in Brescia. He was also called ''Santino''. He was born at Salò, Italy. His parents travelled away and consigned him at age ...

; he then moved to

to work with

Giuseppe Bottani Giuseppe Bottani (1717 – 1784) was an Italian painter active in the Baroque period. Biography He was born in Cremona, and lived as a boy in Pontremoli. He was sent to study in Florence, where he was a pupil of Vincenzo Meucci and Antonio Pu ...

. He specialized in miniature portraits.

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* 1825 deaths 1765 births 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 19th-century Italian painters Painters from Brescia Italian portrait miniaturists People from Brescia 19th-century Italian male artists Italian neoclassical painters 18th-century Italian male artists Republic of Venice artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub