Domenico Maria Canuti

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Domenico Maria Canuti was a Baroque painter of the middle 17th century (Bologna, 1620- Bologna, 1684).

Canuti first trained in Bologna 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 Santissimi Domenico e Sisto with the Apotheosis of Saint Dominic. 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. The Bolognese sculptor Giuseppe Maria Mazza initially trained in his studio.

• Deat of Saint Benedict

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• Wittkower, Rudolf (1993). “Art and Architecture Italy, 1600-1750”, Pelican History of Art, 1980, Penguin Books Ltd, p334.