Domenico Maroli (1612 – May 23, 1676) was an

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painter, active in Sicily and

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Biography

He trained in his native

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, beginning at the age of 22 years under

Antonio Barbalonga Antonio Barbalonga or Barbalunga (1600 – 2 November 1649), also called Antonio Alberti, was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was a member of the noble family of the Alberti, born at Messina, and was there instructed in paintin ...

. In 1642, he traveled to Venice. He befriended the painter and art merchant

Marco Boschini Marco Boschini (1602–1681) was an Italian painter and engraver of the early Baroque period in Venice. He was born in Venice, and was educated in the school of Palma il Giovane. He painted ''The Last Supper'' for the sacristy of at Venice. He ...

(1613–1678), who described Maroli as a painter of pastoral subjects, a second

Jacopo Bassano Jacopo Bassano (c. 1510 – 14 February 1592), known also as Jacopo dal Ponte, was an Italian painter who was born and died in Bassano del Grappa near Venice, and took the village as his surname. Having trained in the workshop of his father, Fran ...

. By the late 1650s, he had returned to Messina by way of Bologna. Few paintings of his are confirmed; some have been destroyed in earthquakes. Among his religious subjects are ''Loth and her daughters'' and the ''Ecstasy of St Peter of Alcantara'' A large genre-historic canvas depicting ''Euclid of Megara Dressing as a Woman to Hear Socrates Teach in Athens'' has been attributed to Maroli's stay in Venice. Among the works attributed to him was a painting of storm-tossed naked maidens that was judged by some to be licentious. He is said to have been involved in the Revolutions of 1674-1676Boni, page 617.

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1612 births 1676 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Messina Painters from the Republic of Venice Italian Baroque painters Artists from the Kingdom of Sicily {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub