Sebastiano Bombelli (1635-1724) was an Italian painter, mainly active in Venice, during the Baroque period. He apprenticed in his natal town of Udine with his father, Valentino Bombelli and his godfather, Girolamo Lugaro. He is claimed by some to have studied with Guercino[1]. He is best known for his full-length portraits of the Venetian nobility, dressed in their official regalia. A style of depiction which would be also used in the next century by Alessandro Longhi. He was a mentor to the painter Fra' Galgario (Giuseppe Vittore Ghislandi). He visited most of the courts of Germany, where he painted portraits with success. The Belvedere at Vienna possesses a portrait of Francesco de' Medici by him.
References
- Web Gallery of Art biography
- Steer, John (1970). in Thames and Hudson: A Concise History of Venetian Painting, p131.
- Bryan, Michael (1886). in Robert Edmund Graves: Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume I: A-K). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons, pages 150-151.
- Aldo Rizzi, Mostra del Bombelli e del Carneo, Doretti -Udine 1964
