Mariano Bovi (8 December 1757 – 9 April 1813) (also Marino, Mno, M.; Bova, Bove) was an Italian engraver, publisher and art dealer. The Recording Angel P6687

Biography

Mariano Bovi was born in

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, Italy, on 8 December 1757. There is a record of him having at least one brother, Rocco Bovi (1743-1831) (who later became a mathematician and mayor of Scilla in Calabria). In 1781 Mariano was sent to London by Ferdinand IV to serve as an apprentice for three years under

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. He later became an art dealer and publisher, going into business with his brother Rocco. His productive period in London was between 1786 and 1791. He went into bankruptcy in 1805 and died in 1813 in

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Etchings

Partial list of prints by Bovi:The British Museum, Mariano Bovi, britishmuseum.org
/ref> * Homeri Caput Integrum ..., after John Brown (published 1780) * ''Miss Barker'', after

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(published c.1780-c.1813) * ''Portrait of Giovanni Battista Cipriani'', after Francesco Bartolozzi (published 1785) * ''Bacchus's Favorite'', after

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(published 1786) * ''Henry Swinburne'', after Richard Cosway (published 1786) * ''Richard Cosway'', after Richard Cosway (published 1786) * ''Family portrait of Ferdinand IV, King of the Two Sicilies'', after

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(published 1790) * ''Bacchante'', after

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(published London 1792) * ''Mrs Bateman'', after

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(published 1793) * ''The King's departure from his disconsolate family'', after Domenico Pellegrini (published 1794) * ''The Recording Angel'', after

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(published 1797) * ''Alexandre Souvorov'', after Josef Kreutzinger (published 1799) * ''Hester Lynch Piozzi (née Salusbury, later Mrs Thrale)'', after Pierre Noel Violet (published 1800) * ''Cupids adorning Venus with flowers'', after

(published 1803) * ''Francesco Maurolico'', after

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References

External links

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Mariano Bovi at The British Museum
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bovi, Marino 1757 births 1813 deaths Artists from Naples Italian engravers Italian etchers 18th-century engravers 18th-century Italian artists 19th-century engravers 19th-century Italian artists 19th-century male artists Italian expatriates in England