Domenico Martinelli

Domenico Martinelli (November 30, 1650 – September 11, 1718) was an Italian architect who worked for Carlo Fontana during 1678.

He studied at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome, where he taught architecture and prospective.

[2] In his time he traveled much of Europe, spanning from within Italy, to Austria, Bohemia, Moravia, Poland and the Netherlands.

His influence on the Baroque style was notable in his work Stadtpalais Liechtenstein (Town Palace), in Vienna (1692–1705), which glorifies an elaborate staircase, derived from Bernini's Chigi-Odescalchi Palace, in Rome.

[3] In his later years after teaching at San Luca Academy, he struggled with illness and returned to his home town of Lucca where he died.