Domenico Santi

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Domenico Santi, also known as il Mengazzino, (1621-1694) was an Italian painter, active in Modena, Mirandola, and Novellara, painting quadratura.

Biography

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He was a pupil of Agostino Mitelli in Bologna. He moved to Mirandola in 1654.[1] Among the pupils of Santi was Giacomo Alboresi,[2]

References

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  1. ^ Gli artisti italiani e stranieri negli stati estensi catalogo storico ... By Giuseppe Campori, pages 429-430.
  2. ^ Orlandi, Pellegrino Antonio; Guarienti, Pietro (1719), Abecedario pittorico, Naples, p. 184