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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
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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 purchas...But wait, there's more...
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