Domenico Ambrogi

Domenico Ambrogi (c. 1600–after 1678) was an Italian painter from Bologna of the 17th century, also called Menichino or Menghino del Brizio, after a master.

He trained with Francesco Brizio, Bernardino Baldi (active 1599–1615), and Denis Calvaert.

After that, he studied with Denis Calvaert for a short period of time and finally, became an apprentice of Francesco Brizio.

At that time, Brizio gave public lessons in drawing and perspective, and Ambrogi received the Menghino or Menichino del Brizio nickname.

He had pupils Giacinto and Pier Antonio Cerva and Giovanni Antonio Fumiani from Venice, who lived many years in his house and used his drawings to produce his first paintings.

Two women symbolizing the art of painting and sculpture. The sculpture is crowned with a tasselled galero , an attribute of the Cardinals of the Catholic church. Etching , exact date unknown. In the collection of the British Museum .