Matteo Bonechi (8 November 1669 in

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...

– 27 February 1756 in Florence) was an Italian painter of the late

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, active mainly in

. He trained under Giovanni Camillo Sagrestani. He also executed works in the church of San Frediano in Cestello, in the

Oltrarno The Oltrarno (''beyond the Arno'') is a quarter of Florence, Italy. It is located south of the River Arno. It contains part of the historic centre of Florence and many notable sites such as the church Santo Spirito di Firenze, Palazzo Pitti, Bel ...

district of Florence. He also painted for the

Palazzo Capponi-Covoni The Palazzo Capponi Covoni is a Baroque architecture palace in Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. There are apparently three other palaces once associated with the Capponi family: * Palazzo Capponi. * Palazzo Capponi-Vettori. * Palazzo Capponi all ...

near the Nunziata in Florence.

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*Italian Wikipedia entry * 1669 births 1756 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Painters from Florence Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub