Domenico Fetti | |
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| Born | c. 1589 Rome, Italy |
| Died | 16 April 1623 (Aged 33-34) |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Baroque |
| Patron(s) | Duke Ferdinando I Gonzaga |
Domenico Fetti (also spelledFeti) (c. 1589 – 16 April 1623) was anItalian Baroque painter who was active mainly inRome,Mantua andVenice.
Born in Rome to a little-known painter, Pietro Fetti, Domenico is said to have apprenticed initially underLudovico Cigoli, or his pupilAndrea Commodi in Rome from circa 1604–1613. He then worked inMantua from 1613 to 1622, patronized by the Cardinal, laterDuke Ferdinando I Gonzaga. In theDucal Palace, he painted theMiracle of the Loaves and Fishes. The series of representations of New Testament parables he carried out for his patron'sstudiolo gave rise to a popular speciality,[1] and he and his studio often repeated his compositions.[2]
In August or September 1622,[3] his feuds with some prominent Mantuans led him to move toVenice, which for the first few decades of the seventeenth century had persisted in sponsoringMannerist styles (epitomized byPalma the Younger and the successors ofTintoretto andVeronese). Into this mix, in the 1620s–30s, three "foreigners"—Fetti and his younger contemporariesBernardo Strozzi andJan Lys—breathed the first influences of the Roman Baroque style. They adapted some of the rich colouration of Venice but adapted it toCaravaggio-influenced realism and monumentality.[4]
In Venice, where he remained despite pleas from the Duke to return to Mantua, Fetti changed his style: his formalized painting style became more colourful. In addition, he devoted attention to smaller cabinet pieces that adaptgenre imaging to religious stories. His group of paintings entitledParables, which representNew Testament scenes, are at theDresden Gemäldegalerie. He influencedLeonaert Bramer.
His painting style appears to have been influenced byRubens. He would likely have continued to find excellent patronage in Venice had he not died there in 1623 or 1624.Jan Lys, eight years younger, but who had arrived in Venice nearly contemporaneously, died during the plague of 1629–30. Subsequently, Fetti's style would influence the VenetiansPietro della Vecchia andSebastiano Mazzone. His pupils in Mantua wereFrancesco Bernardi (il Bigolaro) andDionisio Guerri.[5] He also instructed his sisterLucrina in painting, and her works have sometimes been attributed to him.
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Fetti's works include:
Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913)."Domenico Feti".Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
Media related toPaintings by Domenico Fetti at Wikimedia Commons
