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Donato Creti - Rinaldo and Armida

Rinaldo and Armida (c. 1693)

Donato Creti (Italian, 1671 - 1749)
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Donato Creti

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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Antique Warriors and Mythological Subjects

Antique Warriors and Mythological Subjects

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

Sacred and profane love

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

Child’s Head

Donato Creti (Italian, 1671 - 1749)
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)
Musicians

Musicians

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

A Sleeping Boy Holding An Apple

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

Lot and his daughters (18th century)

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

Studienblatt; Amoretten und weibliche Figuren, links ein Flußgott

Donato Creti (Italian, 1671 - 1749)
Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene

Donato Creti (Italian, 1671 - 1749)
The Annunciation

The Annunciation

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

Thetis übergibt dem Kentauren Chiron den kleinen Achilles

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

Female Figure (Penitent Magdalene) (verso)

Donato Creti (Italian, 1671 - 1749)
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)
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