Domenico Maggiotto or Domenico Fedeli (1713  16 April 1794) was an Italian painter and engraver who lived and worked mainly in Venice. He was one of the main pupils of Giovanni Battista Piazzetta.[1] His son Francesco Maggiotto was also a painter.

Fife boy, 1740s, in the collection of Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

Biography

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Born in Venice in 1713, Domenico attended the studio of Giovanni Battista Piazzetta in Venice since the age of ten. At first he devoted himself to genre painting. He died in Venice on 16 April 1794.

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References

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  1. Federico Zeri; Elizabeth E. Gardner, eds. (1973). Metropolitan Museum Italian Paintings: Venetian School: A Catalogue. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 41. ISBN 978-0870990793. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
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