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| Domenico Maria Canuti Apotheosis of Hercules ca. 1665 ceiling fresco (detail) Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande, Bologna |
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| Domenico Maria Canuti Apotheosis of Hercules ca. 1665 ceiling fresco (detail) Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande, Bologna |
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| Domenico Maria Canuti Apotheosis of Hercules ca. 1665 ceiling fresco Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande, Bologna |
"Domenico Maria Canuti's contribution to Italian ceiling decoration was a hybrid of Bolognese and Roman influences. He first trained in Bologna under Guido Reni, then with Guercino, whose classical Baroque style remained an inspiration. From the early 1650s, Canuti worked in Rome, where he studied masterpieces by the Bolognese painter Annibale Carracci to learn the concepts of organizing large decorative schemes. Canuti spent the 1660s in Bologna, where he applied these lessons in extensive fresco decorations in Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande, achieving the illusion of vast aerial space amidst rhythmic areas of dark and light in a mythological apotheosis. After this success, Canuti returned to Rome in 1672 and completed his major Roman commission, a religious apotheosis. . . . After again returning to Bologna, Canuti employed Giuseppe Maria Crespi in his flourishing studio."
– from curator's notes at the Getty Museum
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| Domenico Maria Canuti Sheet of studies for Apotheosis of Hercules fresco ca. 1664-65 drawing Getty Museum, Los Angeles |
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| Domenico Maria Canuti Bozzetto for Apotheosis of Hercules fresco ca. 1664-65- oil on canvas Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon |
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| Domenico Maria Canuti David before 1684 oil on canvas private collection |
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| Domenico Maria Canuti Study for Head of Faun 1635 drawing Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf |
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| Domenico Maria Canuti Study of Faun before 1684 drawing National Museum, Warsaw |
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| Domenico Maria Canuti Jupiter with Eagle (study for fresco) before 1684 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Domenico Maria Canuti Flying Figure with Sword and Shield ca. 1677-80 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Domenico Maria Canuti Allegory of Divine and Human Wisdom (study for fresco) ca. 1677-80 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Domenico Maria Canuti Musicians in Gallery before 1684 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Domenico Maria Canuti Adoration of the Shepherds before 1684 drawing National Library of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro |
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| Domenico Maria Canuti Diana and Apollo slaying the Children of Niobe ca. 1650-80 drawing Teylers Museum, Haarlem |
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| Domenico Maria Canuti Hercules rescuing Dejanira ca. 1669-71 drawing Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
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| Domenico Maria Canuti Study of Recumbent Figure before 1684 drawing Morgan Library, New York |