Lionello Bononi was an Italian painter of the

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

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 Alfonso Rivarola or Chenda, were the last artists of any eminence in Ferrara.'' Page 175 Biography Born and active ...

, and active c. 1649. The excellent instruction of his uncle might have enabled him to arrive at celebrity in the art, but his negligence and depravity of conduct prevented his ever going beyond mediocrity. His most creditable performances are two pictures he painted for trie chapel of the hospital of Santa Maria Novella, representing ''The Visitation of the Virgin to St. Elizabeth'' and ''The Holy Family''.*

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17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Bologna Italian Baroque painters Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub