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Giuseppe Bonati (1635 – 12 March 1681) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in

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

Francesco Costanzo Cattaneo Francesco Costanzo Catanio, (1602 – July 3, 1665) was a painter of the Italian Baroque period, born and mainly active in Ferrara. He was variously known as Catanio, Cattani, Cattaneo, or Cattanio, sometimes without the forename Francesco. ...

and Leonello Bononi. Under the patronage of cardinal

Carlo Pio di Savoia Carlo Pio di Savoia (7 April 1622 – 13 February 1689) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal of the Pio di Savoia family. He was the nephew of Cardinal Carlo Emanuele Pio di Savoia. Early life Pio was born 7 April 1622, the son of Ascanio ...

, in 1658 he was sent to

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...

to train with

Guercino Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (February 8, 1591 – December 22, 1666),Miller, 1964 better known as Guercino, or il Guercino , was an Italian Baroque painter and draftsman from Cento in the Emilia region, who was active in Rome and Bologna. The vi ...

. In 1662, he travels to Rome to work in the studio of

Pier Francesco Mola Pier Francesco Mola, called Il Ticinese (9 February 1612 – 13 May 1666) was an Italian painter of the High Baroque, mainly active around Rome. Biography Mola was born at Coldrerio (now in Ticino, Switzerland).''Ecstasy in the Wilderness: Pi ...

. Bonati attempts to establish a studio to rival

Carlo Maratta Carlo Maratta or Maratti (13 May 162515 December 1713) was an Italian painter, active mostly in Rome, and known principally for his classicizing paintings executed in a Late Baroque Classical manner. Although he is part of the classical tradition ...

. 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

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and

Santa Maria in Vallicella Santa Maria in Vallicella, also called Chiesa Nuova, is a church in Rome, Italy, which today faces onto the main thoroughfare of the Corso Vittorio Emanuele and the corner of Via della Chiesa Nuova. It is the principal church of the Oratorians, ...

. In the Museo Capitolino are paintings of ''Rinaldo and Armida'' as well as ''Sisera and Jael''. He painted for Queen Christina of Sweden.

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Census of Ferrarese Paintings and Drawings
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Giovanni Bonatti
on artnet 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