Domenico Bettini

Domenico Bettini (1644 - 1705) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly depicting still-life subjects.

Biography

He was born in Florence, and died in Bologna. He was first a pupil of Jacopo Vignali, but afterwards went to Rome, and became a pupil of Mario Nuzzi. He painted still lifes with fruit, flowers, birds, and fish. He worked for many years at the court of the Duke of Modena from 1670-1688. One of his pupils was Felice Rubbiani of Modena.^[1]

References

• Bryan, Michael (1886). Robert Edmund Graves, ed. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume I: A-K). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. p. 122.

1. Gli artisti italiani e stranieri negli stati estensi catalogo storico. By Giuseppe Campori, Modena 1855, page 72-73.