Donato Creti
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Selected Works38

Museum Acquisitions

Louvre
La Glorification de saint Antoine de Padoue (1195-1231)
La Glorification de saint Antoine de Padoue (1195-1231), 1710
Acquired 1720
huile sur toile
Louvre
La Glorification de saint Bernardin de Sienne (1380-1444)
La Glorification de saint Bernardin de Sienne (1380-1444), 1710
Acquired 1720
huile sur toile
Louvre
Une Sainte Famille, et femme assise à côté d'un enfant
Une Sainte Famille, et femme assise à côté d'un enfant
In museum collection
encre brune à la plume
Louvre
Saint Pierre visitant sainte Agathe dans sa prison
Saint Pierre visitant sainte Agathe dans sa prison
In museum collection
Pierre noire, plume et encre brune, lavis brun et rehauts de blanc, sur papier brun. H. 423; L. 291 mm; Collé en plein sur un montage Mariette coupé : H. 507; L. 398 mm; Sur le montage, dans un cartouche, à la plume et encre noire : DONATUS / CRETI.
Louvre
Deux études de jambe gauche
Deux études de jambe gauche
In museum collection
pierre noire
Louvre
Le Christ chez les Pharisiens
Le Christ chez les Pharisiens
In museum collection
encre brune à la plume; sanguine
Louvre
Douze études de têtes
Douze études de têtes
In museum collection
encre brune à la plume
Louvre
Deux études de têtes de turcs, et autres études de têtes
Deux études de têtes de turcs, et autres études de têtes
In museum collection
Louvre
Rencontre de deux jeunes mendiants, Jacob et Esaü (?)
Rencontre de deux jeunes mendiants, Jacob et Esaü (?)
In museum collection
encre brune à la plume; lavis (brun)
Louvre
Jeune couple enlacé, en buste, regardant vers le haut
Jeune couple enlacé, en buste, regardant vers le haut
In museum collection
encre brune à la plume; lavis (gris); pierre noire; rehauts de blanc; papier lavé de gris
Louvre
Figures venues adorer un enfant porté par une femme entourée de suivantes
Figures venues adorer un enfant porté par une femme entourée de suivantes
In museum collection
encre brune à la plume; lavis (gris); pierre noire; sanguine; lavis (gris-mauve)
Louvre
Un concert sur les bords d'une rivière
Un concert sur les bords d'une rivière
In museum collection
Plume et encre brune; H. 167; L. 222 mm (recto en largeur; verso en hauteur).; Collé le long des bords sur un montage Mariette laissant visible le verso : H. 512; L. 389 mm; Sur le montage, un cartouche laissé vide.
Louvre
Buste d'une jeune fille, femme nue assise à terre, torse d'un soldat
Buste d'une jeune fille, femme nue assise à terre, torse d'un soldat
In museum collection
pierre noire
Louvre
Etude de huit têtes
Etude de huit têtes
In museum collection
encre brune à la plume
Louvre
La Visitation
La Visitation
In museum collection
encre brune à la plume; lavis (brun); pierre noire
Louvre
Saint Jérôme dans le désert
Saint Jérôme dans le désert
In museum collection
encre brune à la plume

Previous Sales

Sotheby's
A nymph sleeping under a tree
A nymph sleeping under a tree
Sold
Jul 2025
Sotheby's
A woman and a small boy seated in a wooded landscape with a piper in the background
A woman and a small boy seated in a wooded landscape with a piper in the background
Sold
Jul 2025
Christie's
Faune jouant de la flûte à une nymphe et reprise de la même composition
Faune jouant de la flûte à une nymphe et reprise de la même composition
$3,013
Mar 2023
Christie's
Study of a draped right leg
Study of a draped right leg
$10,080
Jan 2023
Sotheby's
The Holy Family
The Holy Family
£700 ($1k USD)
Jul 2021
Christie's
Studies of a Baptism of Christ and of Christ carrying the Cross ( recto ); Saint John the Baptist and a study of a figure embracing figures ( verso )
Studies of a Baptism of Christ and of Christ carrying the Cross ( recto ); Saint John the Baptist and a study of a figure embracing figures ( verso )
£2,750 ($4k USD)
Dec 2020
Christie's
A young woman holding a flower reclining in a landscape, a young man in the distance beyond
A young woman holding a flower reclining in a landscape, a young man in the distance beyond
$112,500
Oct 2020
Christie's
Three studies of Saint Jerome and two separate studies of heads ( recto ); Study of a flower ( verso )
Three studies of Saint Jerome and two separate studies of heads ( recto ); Study of a flower ( verso )
$8,750
Jan 2019
Christie's
Alexander cutting the Gordian Knot
Alexander cutting the Gordian Knot
£410,500 ($542k USD)
Jul 2016
Christie's
Saint Jerome
Saint Jerome
$10,000
Jan 2015
Christie's
A boy with an apple
A boy with an apple
€37,500 ($41k USD)
Jan 2012
Christie's
The Madonna and Child in glory
The Madonna and Child in glory
£2,125 ($3k USD)
Dec 2010
Christie's
Saint Jerome attended by angels
Saint Jerome attended by angels
$21,250
Jan 2009
Christie's
A male nude, seated, leaning back on an urn, with subsidiary studies of a woman on a cloud, and studies of a woman's and a child's head; and A seated man with a dog and a subsidiary study of a male head drawn on the back of a letter, by the same hand
A male nude, seated, leaning back on an urn, with subsidiary studies of a woman on a cloud, and studies of a woman's and a child's head; and A seated man with a dog and a subsidiary study of a male head drawn on the back of a letter, by the same hand
€6,875 ($8k USD)
Jan 2009
Christie's
Six studies of heads
Six studies of heads
£6,000 ($8k USD)
Jul 2006
Christie's
The Three Ages of Man
The Three Ages of Man
$8,400
Jan 2006
Christie's
Head of young boy, looking up and to the right
Head of young boy, looking up and to the right
$4,200
Feb 2005
Christie's
A patrician family kneeling on a seashore experiencing a vision of the Madonna and Child and Saint Dominic, Saint John the Baptist and another saint, a ship seen beyond
A patrician family kneeling on a seashore experiencing a vision of the Madonna and Child and Saint Dominic, Saint John the Baptist and another saint, a ship seen beyond
$8,400
Jan 2005
Christie's
Three studies for a Saint Jerome, with two other heads
Three studies for a Saint Jerome, with two other heads
£7,050 ($9k USD)
Jul 2001
Forum Auctions · Artsy
Madonna and Child on a cloud
Madonna and Child on a cloud
Bidding closed
Pen and brown ink

For Sale

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
Alexander the Great Threatened by His Father
Alexander the Great Threatened by His Father, 1700
For sale
Oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
Apollo Standing in a River Landscape
Apollo Standing in a River Landscape, 1720
For sale
Pen and brown and black ink on laid paper; laid down
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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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Artemisia drinking the Ashes of Mausolus
National Gallery · United Kingdom · Acquired 2013 · Accession NG6628 · Oil on canvas
Presented by the Trustees of Sir Denis Mahon's Charitable Trust through the Art Fund, 2013
Bathers in a Wooded Landscape
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1971 · Accession 1971.58 · Pen and two shades of brown ink
Rogers Fund, 1971
Portrait of Giovanni Girolamo Sbaraglia, within an oval flanked by two putti on cornucopias, with a cartouche below
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1966 · Accession 66.634.2 · Etching
Rogers Fund, 1966
The Virgin Bringing the Habit to the Seven Founding Fathers of the Servite Order
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1966 · Accession 67.95.1 · Pen and brown ink
Rogers Fund, 1967
Thetis Dipping the Infant Achilles into the Waters of the Styx
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1880 · Accession 80.3.369 · Pen and brown ink
Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
Endymion
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1880 · Accession 80.3.198 · Pen and brown ink
Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
Engel und Cherubim in Wolken
Berlin State Museums · Berlin, Germany · Acquired 1730 · Accession KdZ 15478 · Feder in Braun
Adolf von Beckerath, Berlin
La Glorification de saint Antoine de Padoue (1195-1231)
Louvre · Paris, France · Acquired 1720 · huile sur toile
La Glorification de saint Bernardin de Sienne (1380-1444)
Louvre · Paris, France · Acquired 1720 · huile sur toile
Plusieurs études de têtes
Louvre · Paris, France · Acquired Collection · encre brune à la plume
Trois études de figures volant, et tenant un livre
Louvre · Paris, France · Acquired Collection · Plume et encre brune; H. 167; L. 222 mm (recto en largeur; verso en hauteur); Collé le long des bords sur un montage Mariette laissant visible le verso : H. 512; L. 389 mm; Sur le montage, un cartouche laissé vide.
Etude de deux loges de théâtre avec des spectateurs
Louvre · Paris, France · Acquired Collection · encre brune à la plume
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death
Donato Creti dies
Jan 1, 1749
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birth
Donato Creti born
Jan 1, 1671