Damián Domingo

February 12, 1796 - July 26, 1834

Damian Domingo was born in Tondo,
Manila and is a Chinese Filipino mestizo.
He began his career as a painter
specializing in miniature portraits and
religious imagery.
 Chair of St. Peter in Rome
(Catedra de San Pedro en Roma)
Damian Domingo based his painting on Gian
Lorenzo Bernini’s sculptural and architectural
monument, the Cathedra Petri (Chair of St. Peter)
at the altar of Saint Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.
This painting shows the Holy Spirit in the form
of a dove at the section positioned above two
saints – St. Ambrose and St. Thomas Aquinas,
who was the family’s patron saint.
La Sagrada Familia
This particular painting marks the peak of his finely
detailed miniaturist style, especially in comparison to
his Catedra de San Pedro en Roma and Nuestra
Señora del Rosario. Interesting details are the two
misspelled words in the painting’s caption. Instead of
“Sagrada” and “Anna”, the inscription reads
“Sagrda” and “Aana”. This gives us an insight on the
rudimentary education that the artist must have
received.