WEBDomenico Zampieri ( US: / ˌtsɑːmpiˈɛəri, ˌzɑːm -/, [1] Italian: [doˈmeːniko ddzamˈpjɛːri]; October 21, 1581 – April 6, 1641), known by the diminutive Domenichino ( US: / doʊˌmeɪnɪˈkiːnoʊ, - ˌmɛn -/, [1] [2] Italian: [domeniˈkiːno]) after his shortness, was an Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School of painters. Life.