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The Apotheosis of Romulus: Design for a Ceiling

c. 1675–76

Domenico Maria Canuti

(Italian, 1625–1684)
Culture
Italy
Medium
Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white, with perspectival indications
Measurements
Sheet: 24 x 37.7 cm (9 7/16 x 14 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2017.104
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Description

Domenico Maria Canuti made this design for a quadratura ceiling fresco in preparation for a commission at the Palazzo Altieri in Rome. Quadratura describes painting in which architectural elements are painted to appear to be part of the real architectural setting. Canuti focused on establishing the visual coherence between the figures, portraying the deification of Rome’s founder, and the painted architecture by drawing perspective lines at 90-degree and 45-degree angles. The perfectly rendered 24-point stars at the edge of the painted architecture were emblems of the Altieri family.

The Apotheosis of Romulus: Design for a Ceiling

c. 1675–76

Domenico Maria Canuti

(Italian, 1625–1684)
Italy

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