A Woman with a Dog
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Giacomo Ceruti
Milanese1698–1767
About
Giacomo Antonio Melchiorre Ceruti was an Italian late Baroque painter, active in Northern Italy. He painted a variety of subjects, including portraits, religious and mythological scenes and still lifes. He is best known as a painter of large-scale genre scenes in which beggars, paupers, pilgrims, old people and simple craftsmen are depicted realistically in portrait form or engaged in their daily activities. This subject matter, which he treated with empathy, earned him the nickname Pitocchetto.
Notable works
Still Life with Pumpkin, Pears and Walnuts
at Pinacoteca di Brera
Still Life with Pewter Plate, Shrimps, a Lemon, Glass Cruets, Bread and a Bottle of Wine
at Pinacoteca di Brera
Errand Boy Seated on a Basket
at Pinacoteca di Brera
Errand Boy Seated with a Basket on His Back, Eggs and Poultry
at Pinacoteca di Brera
Portrait of a Young Nun
at Museo Poldi Pezzoli
Young woman with a dove
at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Portrait of a clergyman known as the 'little priest'
at Museo Poldi Pezzoli
ritratto di eccelsiastico detto il pretino
at Museo Poldi Pezzoli
Group of Beggars
at Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Works in the collection
12 works
A Woman with a Dog
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Still Life with Pumpkin, Pears and Walnuts
at Pinacoteca di Brera
Still Life with Pewter Plate, Shrimps, a Lemon, Glass Cruets, Bread and a Bottle of Wine
at Pinacoteca di Brera
Errand Boy Seated on a Basket
at Pinacoteca di Brera
Errand Boy Seated with a Basket on His Back, Eggs and Poultry
at Pinacoteca di Brera
Portrait of a Young Nun
at Museo Poldi Pezzoli
Young woman with a dove
at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Portrait of a clergyman known as the 'little priest'
at Museo Poldi Pezzoli
ritratto di eccelsiastico detto il pretino
at Museo Poldi Pezzoli
Group of Beggars
at Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
More by Giacomo Ceruti in institutions
Pinacoteca di Brera
Milan, Italy
Museo Poldi Pezzoli
Milan, Italy
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Madrid, Spain
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Manhattan, United States
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Hartford, United States
