
Head of a Dominican Nun: Study for the Ecstasy of Saint Dominic
The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
Catalogue
- Year
- 1673
- Dimensions
- 23.3 × 18.6 cm (9 3/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Domenico Maria Canuti
Artist

Painting
Domenico Maria Canuti was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Bologna and Rome. He was a major painter of fresco decorations. His ceiling decorations showed a mix of Bolognese and Roman influences.
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Virgin and Child Appearing to Saint Cajetan of Thiene
1681 · Pen and brown and gray ink, with brush and brown wash and red chalk wash, heightened with lead white (partially oxidized), on tan laid paper, laid down on cream laid card
Study for the Allegorical Figure of Earthly Harmony
1672 · Red, black, and dark red chalk, with stumping, heightened with white chalk, on gray laid paper, laid down on cream laid laminated card
De dood van de Heilige Benedictus
1662 · pen on prepared paper, ink
Study for Bacchus or Silenus
1660 · Black chalk on tan laid paper
Assumption of the Virgin
1646 · Brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white (partly oxidized), on tan laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
Caryatid
1640 · Pen and brown ink with brush and green wash, on ivory laid paper
Record
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- Domenico Maria Canuti
- Year
- 1673
- Dimensions
- 23.3 × 18.6 cm (9 3/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1673-628044
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





