Domenico Maria Canuti

Domenico Maria Canuti (1620 - 1660) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Bologna and Rome.

Born in Bologna, Canuti first trained in that city under Guido Reni, then with Guercino. From 1650-1660 and later in the 1670s, he was employed in Rome in large fresco decorations, including the quadratura decoration of the ceiling of church of the monastery of Santi Domenico e Sisto with the Apotheosis of Saint Dominic. He was often patronized by the Olivetan order. He was employed with Francesco Cozza and Carlo Maratta in the decoration of Palazzo Altieri. Returning to Bologna, Canuti employed Giuseppe Maria Crespi and Giovanni Antonio Burrini in his studio. Many of these then went to work for Lorenzo Pasinelli. The Bolognese sculptor Giuseppe Mazza initially trained in his studio.

He is one of the painters of the frescoes in the library of San Michele in Bosco. He also frescoed in the Palazzo Pepoli at Bologna, in the ducal palace at Mantua, and in the Colonna Palace at Rome. The following engravings are by him: Portraits of Ludovico, Agostino, and Annibale Carracci; The Virgin in the Clouds with Christ; St. Francis praying after Guido Reni. He died at Bologna.

References

• Wittkower, Rudolph (1993). "Art and Architecture Italy, 1600-1750". Pelican History of Art. 1980. Penguin Books. pp. p334. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
• Bryan, Michael (1886). Robert Edmund Graves (ed.). 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. pp. page 227. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: location (link)

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