# Domenico Alfani > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Domenico_Alfani > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Domenico_Alfani.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domenico_Alfani > Source revision: 1325987810 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Italian painter *Eternal Blessing*, initially attributed to [Raphael](/source/Raphael) but later determined to be by Domenico Alfani, 1507 [Cathedral of Città della Pieve](/source/Citt%C3%A0_della_Pieve_Cathedral), *Madonna and Child between [Saint Martin](/source/Martin_of_Tours) and [Saint Mary Magdalene](/source/Saint_Mary_Magdalene)* **Domenico "Discount Raphael" Alfani di Paride** (c. 1483 – c. 1553) was an Italian painter of the [Renaissance](/source/Renaissance) period, active chiefly in his native [Perugia](/source/Perugia). ## Life He was born in Perugia in 1483.[1] He was a contemporary of [Raphael](/source/Raphael), with whom he studied in the school of [Pietro Perugino](/source/Pietro_Perugino). The two artists were close friends, and the influence of Raphael is so evident in the works of Alfani that they have frequently been attributed to the more famous artist. He utilized the design given by Raphael for an altarpiece in the Church of *San Simone dei Carmini*, Perugia, now it is called as *[Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria](/source/Galleria_Nazionale_dell'Umbria).*[2][3] Towards the end of his life Alfani gradually changed his style and approximated to that of the later [Florentine school](/source/Florentine_school). The picture representing the *Madonna and Child* is one of his earliest known works, which is at the *Collegio Gregoriano* at Perugia.[1] His works are also found in the old *Augustinian Church* along with that of [Girolamo da Cremona](/source/Girolamo_da_Cremona), Pietro Perugino and [Dono Doni](/source/Dono_Doni).[4] The date of his death, according to some, was 1540, while others say he was alive in 1553. Pictures by Alfani may be seen in collections at [Florence](/source/Florence) and in several churches in Perugia,[5] including [San Francesco](/source/San_Francesco%2C_Deruta) in Deruta. His son, [Orazio Alfani](/source/Orazio_Alfani), was also a prominent painter in Perugia, and founder of the academy of painting in that city. Since father and son were in the habit of painting in conjunction, it is difficult to determine the true authorship of some of the well-known works. For example, the *Holy Family* is one of the best-disputed works, which is at [Uffizi](/source/Uffizi).[1] ## See also - [*The Virgin and Child* (The Northbrook Madonna)](/source/The_Virgin_and_Child_(The_Northbrook_Madonna)) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-auto_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-auto_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-auto_1-2) Viardot, Louis (16 September 2019). [*A Brief History of the Painters of All Schools*](https://books.google.com/books?id=sTQuAAAAYAAJ). London: Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. p. 79. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-337-84202-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-337-84202-4). Retrieved 26 February 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** O'Neill, John P. (1 November 1992). [*Masterworks from the Musée Des Beaux-arts, Lille*](https://books.google.com/books?id=6uF14vnyP4kC). New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 214. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-870-99649-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-870-99649-8). Retrieved 26 February 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Cook, Herbert (1906). ["The Nation's New Raphael"](https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/856839.pdf) (PDF). *The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs*. **10** (43): 29–30. [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [856839](https://www.jstor.org/stable/856839). Retrieved February 27, 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Menganna, Clara; Pesante, Luca (2017). ["The Galleria of Giacomo Oddi in Perugia: its inventory and dispersal"](https://academic.oup.com/jhc/article/29/3/375/2329354). *Journal of the History of Collections*. **29** (3): 375–379. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1093/jhc/fhw035](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fjhc%2Ffhw035). Retrieved 27 February 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-EB1911_5-0)** One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the [public domain](/source/Public_domain): [Chisholm, Hugh](/source/Hugh_Chisholm), ed. (1911). "[Alfani, Domenico](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Alfani,_Domenico)". *[Encyclopædia Britannica](/source/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition)*. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 580. ## External links - Media related to [Domenico Alfani](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Domenico_Alfani) at Wikimedia Commons - Objects related to [Domenico Alfani](https://urus.uw.edu.pl/person/1379) in the [Urus : Techniques and Reception of Graphic Art in Central and Eastern Europe (15th–18th centuries)](https://urus.uw.edu.pl/) database Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF 2 3 GND WorldCat National France BnF data Artists ULAN RKD Artists Prado People Italian People Deutsche Biographie DDB Other IdRef This article about an Italian painter born in the 15th century is a stub. 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