Domenico
Quaglio
draftsman, lithographer, etcher, architectural draftsman
born München, 01. Jan 1787
died Hohenschwangau, 09. Apr 1837
Son and pupil of Giuseppe. From 1803, he was a decorative painter at the Munich Court Theatre; from 1808 to 1814, he served as the court theatre painter specializing in architectural scenery. He turned early to landscape and architectural painting. His body of work includes several paintings and lithographs featuring views of Nuremberg.
Works: NUREMBERG: "Interior of St. Sebald's Church in Nuremberg" (Das Innere der Sebalduskirche in Nürnberg), oil painting, 1816, Boetticher No. 3, formerly Schäfer Collection, Schweinfurt; "Market Square in Nuremberg" (Marktplatz zu Nürnberg), watercolor, Boetticher No. 77, preparatory study for a lithograph. Additional lithographs: Interior of St. Sebald's Church, 1817; St. John's Cemetery (Kirchhof von St. Johannis), 1819; St. Margaret's Chapel (Margarethen-Kapelle), 1819.
Museums: NUREMBERG: MStN.
Lit.: Thieme-Becker; Boetticher; C. G. Müller, 1791 Forts. I, pp. 11, 12, 14; Brigitte Trost: "Domenico Quaglio 1787–1837" (monograph and catalogue raisonné), Munich 1973; Muth, 1983.
Period: 19th c.
