Domenico
Fetty

Italian painter Domenico fetti (CA. 1588-1623) was born in Rome. In his youth he studied with Cigoli. In 1613 he moved to Mantua, he served at the court of the influential Duke Ferdinand II Gonzaga. Through a representative of the Duke in Rome met the famous collectors, patrons, among whom was the rector of the Church of San Lorenzo in Damascus. – cardinal Montalto who made the first order, the novice master (the painting "the Angels have the image of the Madonna and child").

The characteristics of creativity

The artist's work developed during the first two decades of the 17th century. The work of Domenico fetti is a one-figure compositions with biblical characters, Cabinet paintings on mythological themes, allegorical subjects, and portraits that the artist began to write during his stay in Mantua.
The names of the famous paintings of Domenico fetti:
• "The flight into Egypt";
• "The parable of the lost drachma";
• "Melancholia";
• "Portrait of a thinker" and others.
The artist's work marked the beginning of a new painting genre religious composition. Small paintings are in great demand – there are many replica paintings and copies of them. Maintaining the religious theme, the master gave his characters ordinary human traits from the street crowd, giving them strength and fullness of life.
The titles of the works fetti and their pictures you will find on the pages Archive.