Bartolomeo Guidobono
Illustration — Allegoria della Primavera (Fondazione Cariplo) Bartolomeo Guidobono (1654–1709) was an Italian painter known for his scenes with angelic looking figures bathing in soft lighting, which show the influence of Correggio. His elegant and graceful style was very popular in Genoa. He is also known as il Prete di Savona (Priest of Savona) or Prete Bartolomeo da Savona (Priest Bartolomeo of Savona).
Also recorded as Bartolommeo Guidobon · Bartolommeo Guidobono · 'Il Prete Savonese' · il Prete Savonese Guidobono
Bartolomeo Guidobono
Bartolomeo Guidobono · Fondazione Cariplo · Artgate Fondazione Cariplo · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Born
- 1654 · Savona.
- Died
- 1709 · Turin.
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- still life
- Languages
- Italian
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Illustration — Allegoria della Primavera (Fondazione Cariplo) Bartolomeo Guidobono (1654–1709) was an Italian painter known for his scenes with angelic looking figures bathing in soft lighting, which show the influence of Correggio. His elegant and graceful style was very popular in Genoa. He is also known as il Prete di Savona (Priest of Savona) or Prete Bartolomeo da Savona (Priest Bartolomeo of Savona).
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Life
Life
The recorded working language is Italian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are still life. Places of work recorded in the authority are Northern Italy. Work by Bartolomeo Guidobono is recorded in the collections of Musei di Strada Nuova, Musée des beaux-arts de Nîmes, Museo Civico d'Arte Antica, Palazzo Bianco and Palazzo Rosso.
Guidobono was born in Savona as the son of Giovanni Antonio Guidobono, a maiolica painter. His brother Domenico was a decorative fresco painter. Bartolomeo began as a painter of ceramic earthenware with his father, who worked for the royal court of Savoy. He afterwards went to work as a copyist to Parma, Venice, and Genoa. Guidobono died in Turin on 4 January 1709.
Work
Work
He appears to have modeled his style on Northern influences such as Gaudenzio Ferrari and Corregio as well as on Caravaggio. He was admired for his decoration of ornamental parts, such as flowers, fruits, and animals. He helped fresco the Palazzo Centurioni in Genoa. He painted an Inebriation of Lot and in three other subjects for the Palace Brignole Sale. His brother Domenico (1670–1746) helped paint the Duomo of Turin with a glory of angels.
"Engagement of Jacob and Rachel" oil on canvas by Bartolomeo Guidobono (detto il prete Savonese); Art Museum Riga Bourse, Riga, Latvia
Bartolomeo Guidobono · Self-photographed
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- 1.Guidobono, Bartolomeo. Mario Labò. 1933. 2025-08-25.
- 2.Mary Newcome: Guidobono, Bartolomeo [il Prete Savonese], in: Grove Art online (englisch; vollständiger Abruf nur mit Abonnement)
- 3.Lucia Casellato.
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