Italian painter and draughtsman (1696-1763)

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Saint Cecilia: she enables the bodies of Christian martyrs to be buried. Engraving by G. Fabbri after D.M. Fratta after G. Cavedone.

Saint Charles Borromeo receiving a visit from Saint Philip Neri. Engraving by D. Cagnoni after D.M. Fratta.

An allegorical monument to Sir Isaac Newton and his theories on prisms. Line engraving by L. Desplaces after D. M. Fratta after G.B. Pittoni, D. Valeriani and G. Valeriani.

Saint Philip Neri. Engraving by G. Fabbri after D.M. Fratta.

Saint Benedict of Nursia: he frees a priest who had been possessed by devils. Engraving by G. Fabbri, 1776, after D. Fratta after L. Carracci.

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Domenico Maria Fratta

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Works from the collections

Saint Cecilia: she enables the bodies of Christian martyrs to be buried. Engraving by G. Fabbri after D.M. Fratta after G. Cavedone.

Saint Charles Borromeo receiving a visit from Saint Philip Neri. Engraving by D. Cagnoni after D.M. Fratta.

An allegorical monument to Sir Isaac Newton and his theories on prisms. Line engraving by L. Desplaces after D. M. Fratta after G.B. Pittoni, D. Valeriani and G. Valeriani.

Saint Philip Neri. Engraving by G. Fabbri after D.M. Fratta.

Saint Benedict of Nursia: he frees a priest who had been possessed by devils. Engraving by G. Fabbri, 1776, after D. Fratta after L. Carracci.

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