Giuseppe Cremonesi Caletti - Self-Portrait

Giuseppe Caletti or Calletti (c. 1600 - c. 1660) was an Italian painter and engraver of the

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period, active in

Ferrara Ferrara (; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, capital of the province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main ...

and

Cremona Cremona ( , , ; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po (river), Po river in the middle of the Po Valley. It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the local city a ...

. He often painted religious themes in a

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like dress and surroundings, including the theme of

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Titian Tiziano Vecellio (; 27 August 1576), Latinized as Titianus, hence known in English as Titian ( ), was an Italian Renaissance painter, the most important artist of Renaissance Venetian painting. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near Belluno. Ti ...

Biography

Born in

, also called ''il Cremonese''. He is described by Laderchi as masterless, and of ''irregular life, always in trouble... disquieted, and untameable.'' Like Dossi, the figures are generally smaller than life, and often placed in fantastic locales such as ‘’wild boars in the sea, and dolphins in the forests". He painted the ''Four Doctors of the Church'', and the ''Miracle of St. Mark'', both for the church of San Benedetto at

. He engraved twenty-four plates characterized by a peculiar manner of treatment, consisting of the employment of bold parallel strokes without any cross-hatching. Among the more important of them are: ''David'', whole-length, with the head of Goliath; ''David'' half-length, with the same.; ''Samson and Delilah''; ''The Beheading of St John''; ''St Roch kneeling''; and ''Portraits of the Dukes of Ferrara''. His models have been variously listed as

Guercino Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (February 8, 1591 – December 22, 1666),Miller, 1964 better known as (il) Guercino (), was an Italian Baroque painter and draftsman from Cento in the Emilia region, who was active in Rome and Bologna. The vigorous n ...

, and

Dosso Dossi Giovanni di Niccolò de Luteri, better known as Dosso Dossi ( 1489–1542) was an Italian Renaissance painter who belonged to the School of Ferrara, painting in a style mainly influenced by Venetian painting, in particular Giorgione and early Tit ...

. He apparently befriended

Antonio Randa Antonio Randa (born around Bologna about 1595, died maybe in Ferrara after 1657) was an Italian painter of the Classicism, classicist period, active in Ferrara, Modena, Rovigo, Florence, Comacchio and his native Bologna. Biography Randa first tra ...

, a Bolognese painter, but became involved in brawls and had to flee

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. Some of his works are found in churches of Ferrara, including the church of St. John the Baptist, where he collaborated with Francesco Naselli. Caletti died in

Gallery

Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus, Receiving a Letter from the Council (Giuseppe Caletti) - Nationalmuseum - 17330.tif, Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus, Receiving a Letter from the Venetian Council Giuseppe Caletti - Man contemplating a vase from which appears a snake.JPG, Man contemplating a vase from which appears a snake Giuseppe Caletti - Salome receiving the head of St. John the Baptist.JPG, Salome receiving the head of St John the Baptist

References

Biography in Italian.
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External links

Census of Ferrarese Paintings and Drawings
1600s births 1660s deaths Artists from Cremona 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Ferrara Italian Baroque painters {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub