Clemente RutaClemente Ruta was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period.BiographyBorn at Parma, Duchy of Parma and Piacenza, he first trained with the painter Ilario Spolverini, then later in Bologna with Carlo Cignani. He moved with the latter to Naples to work in the court of Charles of Bourbon. Ruta became blind in older life. He specialized in landscapes with pen and watercolour.