There is only scant information about Domenico's life. He was born in Capodistria (Koper),
Republic of Venice, studied in
Venice and
Florence, and reportedly was a pupil of
Filippo Brunelleschi. By the second decade of the 15th century, he was already a master. A tabernacle in the old church of
Rakalj has been attributed to him. Domenico later moved to
Central Italy, where, in the mid-15th century, he contributed to the
Santa Maria di Collemaggio in
L'Aquila. He might have been one of the artists who built the triumphal arch of
Castel Nuovo in
Naples. His name appears in the
Trattato di Architettura by
Filarete, who cites him as one of the artists who might have contributed to the creation of the imaginary
ideal city Sforzinda. His works are distinguished by "simple and harmonious architecture", partly in the style of the
late Gothic, also enriched by elements of the flourishing
Venetian Renaissance. ==References==