Carlo Bononi (1569? - 1632) was an Italian painter. From an 1876 book: '' Giulio Cromer, Carlo Bononi a pupil of Bastaruolo, and Alfonso Rivarola or Chenda, were the last artists of any eminence in Ferrara.'' Page 175

Biography

Born and active mainly in

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and Ferrara, and considered to be mainly a painter of the School of Ferrara. He studied painting under Giuseppe Mazzuoli, known as ''il Bastarolo''. He knew

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and was eulogized by Guido Reni as having a "bounty of a most honest life, a great knowledge of design, and strength in colorizing". Bononi rose to prominence in Ferrara when the painter Scarsellino died, and the former called to Rome. He was initially buried in

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, for which he had helped decorate the ceiling with various canvases. Among his pupils were Alfonso Rivarola (il Chenda), Giovanni Battista dalla Torre, and Camillo Berlinghieri. His nephew, Leonello Bononi was also a painter. An important exhibition has been held at

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in Ferrara in Autumn 2017.

Selected works

* Second of four chapels, ( Basilica della Ghiara, Reggio Emilia) *''St Louis of Toulouse Praying for the end of the Plague'' (Kunsthistoriches Museum,

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) *''Madonna of Loreto appearing to Saints John the Evangelist, Bartholemew, and James the Great'', *''Guardian Angel'' (late 1620s, National picture gallery at

, Ferrara

*''Ste Barbara'' *''

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Saint Sebastian and the Angel ''Saint Sebastian and the Angel'' is a late 1620s painting by the Italian artist from Ferrara, Carlo Bononi. The work is now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Strasbourg, France. The unusual painting depicts a martyred Saint Sebastian in almost c ...

'', late 1620s,

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References

Sources

Fondazione Manodori
website. * *

External links

* Census of Ferrarese Paintings and Drawing

1569 births 1630s deaths Painters from Ferrara 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Renaissance painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub