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Giuseppe Bonati (1635 – 12 March 1681) was an Italian painter of the

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period, active in Rome and

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. He is also known as ''Giovannino del Pio'' or ''Giovanni Bonatti''. He initially trained as a pupil of Francesco Costanzo Cattaneo and

Leonello Bononi Lionello Bononi was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was the nephew and pupil of Carlo Bononi Carlo Bononi (1569? - 1632) was an Italian painter. From an 1876 book: '' Giulio Cromer, Carlo Bononi a pupil of Bastaruolo, and Alfons ...

. Under the patronage of cardinal

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, in 1658 he was sent to Bologna to train with Guercino. In 1662, he travels to Rome to work in the studio of Pier Francesco Mola. Bonati attempts to establish a studio to rival Carlo Maratta. Along with his patrons, he traveled through Italy, including

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, returning in 1665 to Rome where he worked in many churches, including Santa Croce in Gerusalemme and Santa Maria in Vallicella. In the Museo Capitolino are paintings of ''Rinaldo and Armida'' as well as ''Sisera and Jael''. He painted for

Queen Christina of Sweden Christina ( sv, Kristina, 18 December (New Style) 1626 – 19 April 1689), a member of the House of Vasa, was Queen of Sweden in her own right from 1632 until her abdication in 1654. She succeeded her father Gustavus Adolphus upon his death ...

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1635 births 1681 deaths People from the Province of Ferrara 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Ferrara Italian Baroque painters {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub