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Domenico Fetti (also spelled Feti) (c. 1589 – 1623) was an Italian

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painter who had been active mainly in

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and

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Biography

Born in Rome to a little-known painter, Pietro Fetti, Domenico is said to have apprenticed initially under

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, or his pupil

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in Rome from circa 1604–1613. He then worked in

from 1613 to 1622, patronized by the Cardinal, later Duke Ferdinando I Gonzaga. In the Ducal Palace, he painted the ''Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes''. The series of representations of New Testament parables he carried out for his patron's '' studiolo'' gave rise to a popular specialty, and he and his studio often repeated his compositions. In August or September 1622, his feuds with some prominent Mantuans led him to move to

, which for the first few decades of the seventeenth century had persisted in sponsoring

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styles (epitomized by

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and the successors of

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and Veronese). Into this mix, in the 1620s–30s, three "foreigners"—Fetti and his younger contemporaries

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and

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—breathed the first influences of Roman Baroque style. They adapted some of the rich coloration of Venice but adapted it to

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-influenced realism and monumentality. In Venice, where he remained despite pleas from the Duke to return to Mantua, Fetti changed his style: his formalized painting style became more colorful. In addition, he devoted attention to smaller cabinet pieces that adapt

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imaging to religious stories. His group of paintings entitled ''Parables'', which represent

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scenes, are at the

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. He influenced

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. His painting style appears to have been influenced by Rubens. He would likely have continued to find excellent patronage in Venice had he not died there in 1623 or 1624.

, 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 Venetians

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and Sebastiano Mazzone. His pupils in Mantua were Francesco Bernardi (il Bigolaro) and Dionisio Guerri.''Le vite de' pittori, degli scultori, et architetti veronesi''
by Bartolomeo Dal Pozzo (1718), page 169. He also instructed his sister Lucrina in painting, and her works have sometimes been attributed to him.

Gallery

File:Portrait of an Actor - Domenico Fetti - Hermitage ГЭ-153 (3736 x 2859 px).jpg, '' Portrait of an Actor'' File:Domenico Fetti 008.jpg, ''Ideal Portrait of Gonzaga'' (c. 1620) File:Domenico Fetti - Christ and the Tribute Money - Walters 37582.jpg, ''Christ and the Tribute Money'' , a copy of ''The Tribute Money'' by Titian File:Domenico Fetti - Peter's vision of a sheet with animals - Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien.jpg, ''

Peter's vision of a sheet with animals According to the Acts of the Apostles, chapter 10, Saint Peter had a vision of a vessel (, ''skeuos''; "a certain vessel descending upon him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners") full of animals being lowered from heaven (). ...

'' (c. 1619) File:Domenico Fetti (attrib.) - Davide con la testa di Golia.jpg , ''David with the Head of Goliath'' File:Veronicas Svetteduk av Domenico Fetti.jpg, ''Veronica's Veil'' (1618 or 1622) File:The Young David Gathering Stones for his Slingshot is the only work by Domenico Fetti.jpg, ''The Young David Gathering Stones for his Slingshot'' File:Domenico Fetti - The Repentant St Mary Magdalene - WGA07851.jpg, ''The Repentant St Mary Magdalene'' File:Domenico Fetti - Sleeping Girl - WGA7863.jpg , ''Sleeping Girl''

Works

Fetti's works include: * ''The Good Samaritan'' (

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, New York) * ''Melancholy'' (

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) * ''Emperor Domitian'' (

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) * ''Eve and Laboring Adam'' (Louvre) * ''Angel in the Garden'' (Louvre) * ''Jacob's Dream'' (

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, Vienna) * '' Portrait of an Actor'' (

Hermitage Museum The State Hermitage Museum ( rus, Государственный Эрмитаж, r=Gosudarstvennyj Ermitaž, p=ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)ɨj ɪrmʲɪˈtaʂ, links=no) is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is the list of ...

, St Petersburg) * '' The Healing of Tobit'' (Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg)

References

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External links

Web Gallery of Art, paintings by Domenico Feti
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fetti, Domenico 1580s births 1623 deaths Painters from Rome 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Italian Baroque painters Painters from Venice Sibling artists Caravaggisti Catholic painters