Domenico Maria Canuti

Training under Guido Reni and Guercino is recorded. Giuseppe Maria Mazza is recorded as having studied under Domenico Maria Canuti. Places of work recorded in the authority are Bologna, Rome and Mantua. Works named in the authority record are Apotheosis of Heracles. Work by Domenico Maria Canuti is recorded in the collections of Museo del Prado, Nationalmuseum, National Gallery of Canada, National Museum in Warsaw and Bavarian State Painting Collections.

Born in Bologna, Canuti first trained in that city under Guido Reni, then with Guercino. He painted many ceiling and wall frescoes. From 1650 to 1660 and later in the 1670s, he was employed in Rome where he painted the quadratura decoration of the ceiling of church of Santi Domenico e Sisto with the Apotheosis of Saint Dominic. He was often patronized by the Olivetans. He was employed with Francesco Cozza and Carlo Maratta in the decoration of Palazzo Altieri. He also completed frescoes for the Palazzo Colonna in Rome. Returning to Bologna, he completed frescoes in the library of San Michele in Bosco and the Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande, and in the Ducal Palace at Mantua. He helped fresco the Palazzo Felicini in Bologna with Domenico Santi and Giacomo Alboresi. He employed Giuseppe Maria Crespi, Giovanni Antonio Burrini, Antonio Maria Haffner, Giulio Pisanelli, Girolamo Negri, and Giovanni Battista Caccioli in his studio. Many of these then went to work for Lorenzo Pasinelli. The Bolognese sculptor Giuseppe Maria Mazza initially trained in his studio; another pupil was the painter Lucrezia Scarfaglia. Canuti was also active as an engraver. Among his graphic works are portraits of Ludovico, Agostino, and Annibale Carracci, The Virgin in the Clouds with Christ, and St. Francis Praying after Guido Reni. Canuti died in Bologna.