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ID
Image
Painting (From A to Z)
Details
28319
Adoration of the Shepherds
mk60
Oil on panel
19x14 1/2"
29318
An Actor
mk65
early 1620s
Oil on canvas
41 1/2x32"
6649
David (detail) dfg
c. 1620
Oil on canvas, 175 x 128 cm
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
63052
David with the Head of Goliath
1620 Oil on canvas, 153 x 125,1 cm Royal Collection, Windsor Feti was a peripatetic artist. Having been trained in Rome by the Florentine painter, Lodovico Cigoli, he worked at the court of Mantua from around 1613 and towards the end of his life spent some time in Venice. His principal patron was Duke Ferdinando Gonzaga at Mantua and it was with the purchase of the Gonzaga collection in 1625-27 that Charles I acquired a number of works by Feti. The artist was influenced by Venetian painters, as well as by Elsheimer and Rubens. His portraits and a series of small-scale pictures illustrating parables, probably commissioned by Ferdinando Gonzaga, are perhaps his best works. The artists technique is distinctive, with rapid brushstrokes of pure colour applied as highlights over broader areas of paint on canvases primed with dark tones. Similarly, the poses of his figures and the choice of viewpoints are often unusual. David with the Head of Goliath almost certainly formed part of the Gonzaga collection. A version of some quality is in Dresden (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen) and others are recorded. A date around 1620 has been suggested, that is, before the artist moved to Venice in 1622. The pose is somewhat reminiscent of the Ignudi by Michelangelo on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, and it is possible that the painting was meant to be hung as an overdoor. The present work depicts the story of David and Goliath as recounted in the first Book of Samuel, 17:48-51. The shepherd boy, David, defeats Goliath, the champion of the Philistines, in single combat using a sling with a stone. Afterwards David cuts off Goliath's head using the giants own sword. The body of Goliath is visible on the left in the middle distance. Feti cleverly contrasts the large scale of the decapitated head and sword with David's smaller body. Artist: FETI, Domenico Painting Title: David with the Head of Goliath , 1601-1650 Painting Style: Italian , , religious
6650
David with the Head of Goliath dfg
c. 1620
Oil on canvas, 153 x 125,1 cm
Royal Collection, Windsor
6651
Ecce Homo djg
1600-10
Oil on canvas, 137 x 113 cm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
6652
Flight to Egypt dfgs
1621-23
Oil on canvas, 73 x 82 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
21534
Melancholy (mk08)
c.1620
Oi on canvas.
168x128cm
Paris,Musee National du Louvre
6654
Melancholy dfgj
c. 1620
Oil on canvas, 168 x 128 cm
Mus??e du Louvre, Paris
6655
Melancholy dfh
c. 1622
Oil on canvas, 179 x 140 cm
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
6656
Moses before the Burning Bush dg
1613-14
Oil on canvas, 168 x 112 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
6659
Parable of the Good Samaritan dfgj
c. 1623
Oil an canvas, 61 x 45 cm
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
6657
Parable of the Lost Drachma dghj
1618-22
Oil on wood, 55 x 44 cm
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
6660
Portrait of a Scholar shh
Oil on canvas, 98 x 73,5 cm
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
6658
Portrait of an Actor dfg
1623
Oil on canvas, 105,5 x 81 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
6661
Sleeping Girl dh
c. 1615
Oil on canvas, 67,5 x 74 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
29122
The Healing of Tobit
mk65
early 1620s
Oil on panel
26x33 1/2"
6653
The Repentant St Mary Magdalene dfr
1617-21
Oil on canvas, 98 x 78,5 cm
Galleria Doria-Pamphili, Rome
6662
Tobias Healing his Father dg
1620-23
Oil on canvas, 66,7 x 85 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg