title: Clemente Ruta
text: # Clemente Ruta
  
  Clemente Ruta (9 May 1668 – 11 November 1767) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Born at Parma, he first trained with a painter by the name of 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.
  
  