Donato Creti

Creti, Donatino

Bolognese, 1671 - 1749

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Donato Creti, Vision of Saint Anthony of Padua, mid-18th century, pen and brown ink on laid paper, The Edith Tanenbaum Rudolf Collection, 2018.26.8.1

Vision of Saint Anthony of Padua

Donato Creti · mid-18th century · pen and brown ink on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2018.26.8.1

Donato Creti, Apollo Standing in a River Landscape, 1720/1730, pen and brown and black ink on laid paper; laid down, The Armand Hammer Collection, 1987.24.1

Apollo Standing in a River Landscape

Donato Creti · 1720/1730 · pen and brown and black ink on laid paper; laid down ·  Accession ID  1987.24.1

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Doctor Sbaraglia

Donato Creti · 1716 · etching on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2020.149.14

Donato Creti, A Seated Man, c. 1711, red chalk on laid paper, William B. O'Neal Fund, 2021.38.3.a

A Seated Man

Donato Creti · c. 1711 · red chalk on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2021.38.3.a

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Three Figures

Donato Creti · c. 1711 · black chalk on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2021.38.3.b

A crowned man holding up a sword lunges toward another man who wears a helmet and holds up both hands in this vertical painting. This happens in front of a long banquet table set with a rumpled white cloth. About a dozen people react or cling to each other on the far side of the table and more gather farther in the background. Most of the people have pale, peachy skin and wear tunics, robes, and dresses in shades of celestial and sky blue, pale yellow, forest green, peach, or white. The man holding the sword has a furrowed brow, and his lips are parted. He wears a molded yellow breastplate over seafoam-green, knee-length tunic. A marine-blue cloak patterned with a gold design wraps loosely around his shoulders, and he wears toeless, shin-high sandals on bare legs. A white pearl earring hangs from the ear we can see, and more pearls are on his breastplate. He holds the sword up with his right hand, farther from us, and holds the sheath with the other. He steps to our left, toward the man who wears royal-blue armor with gold trim, including a gold lion’s head at the shoulder. His silver helmet has gold decorations and a fluffy sky-blue feather. He faces our right so his face is in shadow, but his mouth is open. He steps onto his right leg, closer to us, as he leans back with his hands raised. A vivid red cloth flutters from his shoulders to his knees. The table behind this pair is on a platform with five steps. A man lies on the green and white checked floor on our side of the steps with his head coming toward us. He grips an urn with one arm and holds his other hand out. One foot is raised and the other knee bent so that foot is on the ground. Silver urns, trays, and a chalice sit on the steps to our right. Two people in the crowd on the far side of the table stand out. One is an ashen-faced woman wearing a crown to the left, who clutches another woman as she looks at the conflict. The other person is to the right and has dark brown skin and short, dark hair. That person wears an iron collar around the neck over a white pleated shirt and a sage-green vest edged in gold. The space behind the table is enclosed with a person-high wall topped with thick, dark green columns. A man to our left stands above the melee and reaches for another person, presumably to rescue them from the chaos. The space beyond opens into a tall, light-filled, white stone-clad space where people line balconies. Several spears and the tops of people’s heads indicate another group on the far side of the wall. A green curtain is pulled up into the top right corner of the composition.
Donato Creti, Alexander the Great Threatened by His Father, probably 1700/1705, oil on canvas, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1961.9.6

Alexander the Great Threatened by His Father

Donato Creti · probably 1700/1705 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1961.9.6

Donato Creti, Studies of Figures for an Adoration of the Magi [verso], pen and brown ink with traces of red and black chalk on laid paper, Gift of Elizabeth Miles Cooke in memory of Hereward Lester Cooke, 1978.8.9.b

Studies of Figures for an Adoration of the Magi [verso]

Donato Creti · · pen and brown ink with traces of red and black chalk on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1978.8.9.b

Donato Creti, The Adoration of the Magi [recto], pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper, Gift of Elizabeth Miles Cooke in memory of Hereward Lester Cooke, 1978.8.9.a

The Adoration of the Magi [recto]

Donato Creti · · pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1978.8.9.a

Donato Creti, Virgin and Child with Five Saints, pen and brown ink on laid paper, Gift of Elizabeth Miles Cooke in memory of Hereward Lester Cooke, 1978.8.4

Virgin and Child with Five Saints

Donato Creti · · pen and brown ink on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1978.8.4

Donato Creti, Penitent Magdalene with Angels in a Landscape [recto], pen and brown ink with brown wash and traces of graphite on laid paper, Gift of Elizabeth Miles Cooke in memory of Hereward Lester Cooke, 1978.8.8.a

Penitent Magdalene with Angels in a Landscape [recto]

Donato Creti · · pen and brown ink with brown wash and traces of graphite on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1978.8.8.a

Bibliography

1739

  • Zanotti, Giampietro. Storia dell'Accademia Clementinea di Bologna. 2 vols. 1739. Reprint. Bologna, 1977: 2:99-122.

1960

  • Miller, Dwight. "Donato Creti." In Dizionario biografico degli italiani. Edited by Alberto Maria Ghisalberti. 79+ vols. Rome, 1960+: 30(1984):749-752.

1967

  • Roli, Renato. Donato Creti. Milan, 1967.

1996

  • De Grazia, Diane, and Eric Garberson, with Edgar Peters Bowron, Peter M. Lukehart, and Mitchell Merling. Italian Paintings of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1996: 77.