Domenico Fetti

Domenico Fetti (* 1589 in Rome, † 1624 in Venice, Domenico Feti also ) was an Italian painter of the Baroque.

Fetti studied with Lodovico Cigoli and then went by the Duke Ferdinand Gonzaga to Mantua, where his principal works were, therefore, called Mantuano. He died in 1624 in Venice. Fetti was a naturalist who leaned in the crudeness of the opinion of Caravaggio; in Mantua he sought Giulio Romano imitate, but what he achieved only in an external way, while he emulated the Venetians in Venice.

His treatment has somewhat heavy consistency and greasy; his coloring is sometimes strong, but very often uncomfortable with black shadows. In Mantua (especially in the cathedral ) are his major works, some in oil, some in fresco; else keep the galleries of St. Petersburg, Vienna, Paris, Munich and Dresden.

Selections

• The Parable of the Pearl of Great Price, wood, 61 × 44 cm.
• David with the Head of Goliath, canvas, 160 × 112 cm. ( See picture 1)
• The Good Samaritan, wood, 60 × 43 cm. ( see picture 6)
• The Lord of the vineyard, wood, 62 × 44 cm.
• The feeding of the five thousand.
• Trinity, fresco.
• Flight into Egypt, wood, 73 × 82 cm.
• Martyrdom of a Saint (St. Agnes ), wood, 66 × 43 cm.
• Tobias and the Angel, wood, 67 × 84 cm.