Fra' Bonaventura Bisi (9 October 1601 – 5 December 1659) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was also called Il Pittorino or Padre Pittorini, as a Franciscan friar in the convent of S. Francesco in Bologna.
Bonaventura Bisi | |
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 Bonaventura Bisi | |
| Born | 9 October 1601 Bologna, Italy |
| Died | 5 December 1659 (aged 58) Bologna, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Other names | Il Pittorino, Padre Pittorini |
| Occupation | painter |
| Known for | engraver and miniature painter[1] |
Life and Work
editHe was a pupil of Lucio Massari, and made miniature copies from the works of Correggio, Titian, and Guido Reni among others, which were collected in the cabinet of his patron, Alfonso IV of Modena. He also etched a few plates after Parmigianino, Reni, and an original Holy Family, with St. John and St. Elisabeth, (1631).[2] He died at Bologna.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Sotheby's. "Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture". Sotheby's. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- ^ Bryan, Michael (1886). Robert Edmund Graves (ed.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical. Vol. I: A-K. London: George Bell and Sons. p. 131.
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