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River Landscape with Ruins, Travellers and a Roman Aqueduct, Possibly the Ponte de Maddaloni, Naples
Auction: 01/25/2007 - 1/26/2007
Lot: 111
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Carlo Bonavia AUCTION RECORDS
Rome, Italy - 1788 Naples, Italy. Known for: Idyllic landscape painting, engraving, drawings.
An artist about whom little is known but whose career appears to have been very successful, Carlo Bonavia was a landscape painter working primarily in Naples in the romantic, idyllic tradition... Read full biography
An artist about whom little is known but whose career appears to have been very successful, Carlo Bonavia was a landscape painter working primarily in Naples in the romantic, idyllic tradition influenced by the classical poetry of Virgil. The settings were imaginary but often had references to... Read full biography
An artist about whom little is known but whose career appears to have been very successful, Carlo Bonavia was a landscape painter working primarily in Naples in the romantic, idyllic tradition influenced by the classical poetry of Virgil. The settings were imaginary but often had references to Virgil such as images of his tomb. Bonavia's work was especially popular with the many visitors to Naples who were on the 'Grand Tour". One of his patrons was Lord Brudenell, for whom Bonavia did a... Read full biography
An artist about whom little is known but whose career appears to have been very successful, Carlo Bonavia was a landscape painter working primarily in Naples in the romantic, idyllic tradition influenced by the classical poetry of Virgil. The settings were imaginary but often had references to Virgil such as images of his tomb. Bonavia's work was especially popular with the many visitors to Naples who were on the 'Grand Tour". One of his patrons was Lord Brudenell, for whom Bonavia did a commission piece: Eruption of Vesuvius from the Mole Lighthouse in the Moonlight. Another patron was Graf Karl Joseph Firmian, who was the Austrian ambassador to Naples between 1753 and 1758 and who purchased seventeen paintings by Bonavia---landscapes,... Read full biography
An artist about whom little is known but whose career appears to have been very successful, Carlo Bonavia was a landscape painter working primarily in Naples in the romantic, idyllic tradition influenced by the classical poetry of Virgil. The settings were imaginary but often had references to Virgil such as images of his tomb. Bonavia's work was especially popular with the many visitors to Naples who were on the 'Grand Tour". One of his patrons was Lord Brudenell, for whom Bonavia did a commission piece: Eruption of Vesuvius from the Mole Lighthouse in the Moonlight. Another patron was Graf Karl Joseph Firmian, who was the Austrian ambassador to Naples between 1753 and 1758 and who purchased seventeen paintings by Bonavia---landscapes, literary and mythological subjects. It is likely Bonavia was a native of Rome, but he did... Read full biography
Carlo Bonavia - Auction Lots
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Carlo Bonavia ![A MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL SCENE WITH FIGURES AND BOATS]](/photos3/2014/SOP20051209_6832/89.jpg?w=3840&q=100)
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeA MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL LANDSCAPE WITH FISHERMEN MENDING THEIR NETS;A MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL LANDSCAPE WITH FISHERMEN RESTING ON ROCKS BESIDE A RIVER MOUTH AS DUSK APPROACHES
Carlo Bonavia Auction: 12/08/2010Lot: 40Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeAn Italianate landscape, with fishermen on the shore and other figures resting by a natural arch, at sunset; and A rocky Italianate landscape, with figures unloading a ship and others resting on the shore by a villa, at sunrise (2)
Carlo Bonavia Auction: 12/03/2014Lot: 215Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeThe Bay of Baiae, with elegant figures resting on the shore, with Castello Aragonese in the distance
Carlo Bonavia Auction: 12/02/2014Lot: 29Subscribe or get free alerts
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