Ceruti was born in Milan and was active in Brescia, Venice, Padua and Piacenza. He was a prolific portrait painter and also painted genre pictures of peasants and vagabonds (pitocchi), hence his nickname 'Il Pitochetto'.
Giacomo Ceruti
1697 - 1767
Paintings by Giacomo Ceruti
An ageing man looks affably out at us, a hint of a smile on his lips. The cassock, collar and skull cap he wears indicate that he is a priest, though his identity is unknown. He is shown standing, in three-quarter length, his head and left hand starkly lit against a plain background. The portrait...
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