67 - Domenico Fedeli, known as “il Maggiotto” (Venice 1712–1794), attributed

Domenico Fedeli, known as “il Maggiotto” (Venice 1712–1794), attributed Sleeping Shepherdess or The Tickle Oil on canvas 57 x 41.5 cm This work corresponds exactly to the painting housed at the Hamburger Kunsthalle. Of humble origins, Domenico Fedeli attended the Venetian studio of the painter G.B. Piazzetta from the age of approximately ten, sharing the apprenticeship and/or collaborating with Giulia Lama, Egidio dall’Oglio, Francesco Capella, Giuseppe Angeli, and Antonio Marinetti, known as il Chiozzotto. The artist never left Venice, the city where he continued to work at least until the 1790s, passing on to his son Francesco the vast repertoire of his subjects drawn from the works of Piazzetta, of whom he was one of the most important pupils. Fedeli’s painterly output is divided into three periods: the first, “Piazzetta-esque” (1740–1754); the period of creative renewal, inspired by G. B. Tiepolo (1755–1765); and the final period, characterized by a return to his early styles (c. 1765–1780). Domenico Fedeli, also known as il Maggiotto (Venice 1712–1794), attributed Sleeping Shepherdess or The Tickle Oil on canvas 57 x 41.5 cm The work corresponds exactly to the painting held at the Hamburger Kunsthalle.