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Donato Creti
Donato Creti

Donato Creti

Italian, 1671 - 1749
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Donato Creti was an Italian painter of the Rococo period, active mostly in Bologna.

Born in Cremona, he moved to Bologna, where he was a pupil of Lorenzo Pasinelli. He is described by Wittkower as the "Bolognese Marco Benefial", in that his style was less decorative and edged into a more formal neoclassical style. It is an academicized grand style, that crystallizes into a manneristic neoclassicism, with crisp and frigid modeling of the figures. Among his followers were Aureliano Milani, Francesco Monti, and Ercole Graziani the Younger. Two other pupils were Domenico Maria Fratta and Giuseppe Peroni.

One memorable conceit in Creti's output is a series of small canvases depicting celestial bodies, disproportionately sized and illuminated, above nocturnal landscapes. The paintings, commissioned in 1711 by the Bolognese count Luigi Marsili and intended as a gift to Pope Clement XI, were meant to accentuate the need for the Papal States to sponsor an astronomical observatory. With the support of Clement XI, the first public astronomical observatory in Italy was opened in Bologna a short time later. The eight small canvases display the sun, moon, a comet, and the then-known five planets: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn. His Jupiter depicts the Great Red Spot (first reported in 1665) and at least two moons

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The Penitent St. Peter

The Penitent St. Peter

Donato Creti (Italian, 1671 - 1749)
Religion
The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence (1601-1700)

Donato Creti (Italian, 1671 - 1749)
Religion
Sacred and profane love

Sacred and profane love

Donato Creti (Italian, 1671 - 1749)
Mythology
A Sleeping Boy Holding An Apple

A Sleeping Boy Holding An Apple

Donato Creti (Italian, 1671 - 1749)
Figurative
Nude academic sketch of a man holding a staff, en brunaille

Nude academic sketch of a man holding a staff, en brunaille

Donato Creti (Italian, 1671 - 1749)
Figurative
A young woman holding a flower reclining in a landscape, a young man in the distance beyond

A young woman holding a flower reclining in a landscape, a young man in the distance beyond

Donato Creti (Italian, 1671 - 1749)
Figurative
Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene

Donato Creti (Italian, 1671 - 1749)
Religion
Alexander the Great Threatened by His Father

Alexander the Great Threatened by His Father (probably 1700-1705)

Donato Creti (Italian, 1671 - 1749)
Figurative
The Virgin Bringing the Habit to the Seven Founding Fathers of the Servite Order

The Virgin Bringing the Habit to the Seven Founding Fathers of the Servite Order (1671–1749)

Donato Creti (Italian, 1671 - 1749)
Drawings
Thetis Dipping the Infant Achilles into the Waters of the Styx

Thetis Dipping the Infant Achilles into the Waters of the Styx (1671–1749)

Donato Creti (Italian, 1671 - 1749)
Drawings
Female Figure (Penitent Magdalene) (verso)

Female Figure (Penitent Magdalene) (verso)

Donato Creti (Italian, 1671 - 1749)
Drawings
Lot and his daughters

Lot and his daughters (18th century)

Donato Creti (Italian, 1671 - 1749)
Drawings
Antique Warriors and Mythological Subjects

Antique Warriors and Mythological Subjects

Donato Creti (Italian, 1671 - 1749)
Drawings
Child’s Head

Child’s Head

Donato Creti (Italian, 1671 - 1749)
Drawings
Musicians

Musicians

Donato Creti (Italian, 1671 - 1749)
Drawings
Rinaldo and Armida

Rinaldo and Armida (c. 1693)

Donato Creti (Italian, 1671 - 1749)
Drawings
Holy Family (recto)

Holy Family (recto)

Donato Creti (Italian, 1671 - 1749)
Drawings
Studienblatt; Amoretten und weibliche Figuren, links ein Flußgott

Studienblatt; Amoretten und weibliche Figuren, links ein Flußgott

Donato Creti (Italian, 1671 - 1749)
Drawings
Maria mit dem Jesuskind und dem Johannesknaben, darunter lagernder Knabe mit Putto

Maria mit dem Jesuskind und dem Johannesknaben, darunter lagernder Knabe mit Putto

Donato Creti (Italian, 1671 - 1749)
Drawings
The Annunciation

The Annunciation

Donato Creti (Italian, 1671 - 1749)
Drawings
Thetis übergibt dem Kentauren Chiron den kleinen Achilles

Thetis übergibt dem Kentauren Chiron den kleinen Achilles

Donato Creti (Italian, 1671 - 1749)
Drawings

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