page_title: Archery Contest of Diana and her Nymphs
section_title: Artist
hierarchical_section_title: Archery Contest of Diana and her Nymphs / Artist
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Portrait de Domenichino (1581-1641)
context_page_description: The Archery Contest of Diana and Her Nymphs is a 1616 painting by Domenichino.The painting was stolen by Cardinal Scipione Borghese from its original owner, Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini. This painting is also known as Diana and her Nymphs after the Hunt, Diana Hunting, and even The Hunt of Diana. This painting is now in the Galleria Borghese in Rome, Italy.
context_section_description: Domenichino was born Domenico Zampieri in Bologna, Italy in the year 1581. Domenichino was a student of Flemish art, and studied under the artist Denys Calvaert, until he moved to Rome where he attended the school of the Carracci where he acquired the nickname Domenichino, meaning little Domenico. He then became a favored assistant to Annibale Carracci himself. Domenichino was later commissioned by both Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini and Cardinal Scipione Borghese.
  This work was completed after Domenichino had done a large series of frescoes between 1612 and 1615 on Saint Cecilia. At this point he was developing his own style after having been a student of Carracci for so long. The classical style that is now associated with Domenichino had stemmed from this series and branched off from his apprenticeship with the Caracci.
caption: Portrait of Domenichino labeled Dominique Zampieri, artist unknown
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