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. He painted many ceiling and wall frescoes. From 1650 to 1660 and later in the 1670s, he was employed in Rome where he painted the quadratura decoration of the ceiling of church of Santi Domenico e Sisto with the Apotheosis of Saint Dominic. He was often patronized by the Olivetans.^[1] He was employed with Francesco Cozza and Carlo Maratta in the decoration of Palazzo Altieri. He also did frescoes in Palazzo Colonna.

Returning to Bologna, he completed frescoes in the library of San Michele in Bosco and the Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande, and in the ducal palace at Mantua. He 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.

Canuti was also active as an engraver. Among his works are portraits of Ludovico, Agostino, and Annibale Carracci, The Virgin in the Clouds with Christ, and St. Francis Praying after Guido Reni.

Canuti died at Bologna.

References

• Wittkower, Rudolph (1993). "Art and Architecture Italy, 1600-1750". Pelican History of Art. 1980. Penguin Books. p. 334. 
• Bryan, Michael (1903). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (Volume I: A-K). New York: Macmillan. p. 246. http://www.archive.org/details/bryansdictionary01brya. 

Notes

1. ^ Lanzi, Luigi (1847). Thomas Roscoe (translator). ed. History of Painting in Italy;From the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century (Volume III). Henry G. Bohn, Covent Garden, London; Original from Oxford University Digitized Jan 31, 2007. pp. 100–101. http://books.google.com/books?id=k0sGAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP11&dq=Lanzi+The+History+of+Painting+Roscoe#PPP11,M1. 

External links

• Death of Saint Benedict

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Name	Canuti, Domenico Maria
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Date of birth	1620
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Date of death	1684
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