Sketch for a Ceiling Fresco
Giovanni Domenico Ferretti
c. 1740
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
65 × 50.8 cm (25 5/8 × 19 15/16 in.); Framed: 81.3 × 67.4 × 6.4 cm (32 × 26 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.)
Classification
painting
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
194773
About the Artist
Giovanni Domenico Ferretti · 1692–1768
Giovanni Domenico Ferretti, born on June 15, 1692, in Florence to goldsmith Antonio di Giovanni da Imola and Margherita di Domenico Gori, spent his early years in Imola before returning to his native city for artistic training. He studied painting under Tommaso Redi from 1702 to 1704 and Sebastiano Galeotti in Florence, honing skills in figure composition and fresco technique. In 1710–1712, Ferret...