Domenico Maria Fratta (1696–1763) was an Italian painter and engraver, active in his native Bologna.
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He studied under Giovanni Maria Viani, Carlo Rambaldi, and Donato Creti. He abandoned the art of painting, and devoted himself entirely to engraving, in which he gained widespread fame. He became a member of the Accademia Clementina.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ Annali della città di Bologna dalle sua origine al 1796, compiled by Salvatore Muzzi; Tipi de S. Tommaso d'Aquino, Bologna (1846): Volume 8, page 738.
- ^ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "FRATTA, Domenico Maria". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.