Pietro Paolo Bonzi
Illustration — Fruit, Vegetables and a Butterfly, 1620 • Illustration — Diana and the Nymph Callisto, Palazzo Pitti, Florence • Illustration — Landscape with Shepherds and Sheep, Museo Capitolino Pietro Paolo Bonzi (c. 1576–1636), also known as il Gobbo dei Carracci (hunchback of the Carracci) or il Gobbo dei Frutti (of fruits), was an Italian painter, best known for his landscapes and still-lifes. A cartoon of the painter shows his highly deformed lordotic posture.
Also recorded as Gobbo dei Carracci · Il Gobbo dei Frutti · Corcobado de Napoles · Gobbo di Caraggi
Pietro Paolo Bonzi
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- Born
- 1576 · Cortona.
- Died
- 1636 · Rome.
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- still life
- Known for
- Latona Transforming the Lycian Peasants into Frogs
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Illustration — Fruit, Vegetables and a Butterfly, 1620 • Illustration — Diana and the Nymph Callisto, Palazzo Pitti, Florence • Illustration — Landscape with Shepherds and Sheep, Museo Capitolino Pietro Paolo Bonzi (c. 1576–1636), also known as il Gobbo dei Carracci (hunchback of the Carracci) or il Gobbo dei Frutti (of fruits), was an Italian painter, best known for his landscapes and still-lifes. A cartoon of the painter shows his highly deformed lordotic posture.
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He was born in Cortona, was part of the circle of Annibale Carracci and Domenichino, and trained under Giovanni Battista Viola in Rome. In Rome, he worked for Cardinal Pier Paolo Crescenzi. There are only two still-life paintings known with his signature; he thus was one of the first Italian artists in Rome working in this style. He also worked in fresco and in 1622-23 worked with Pietro da Cortona on the ceiling of a gallery in the Palazzo Mattei di Giove. Other commissions cited by Baglione include his work in the Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi.
Subjects and genres recorded for the work are still life. Places of work recorded in the authority are Rome. Works named in the authority record are Latona Transforming the Lycian Peasants into Frogs. Work by Pietro Paolo Bonzi is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Museo del Prado, National Gallery of Victoria, Gemäldegalerie Berlin and Musée Fabre.
• Fruits, Vegetables and a Butterfly (1620), private collection • Italianate River Landscape, private collection • Landscape with Shepherds and Sheep, Pinacoteca Capitolina, Rome • At the Louvre, Paris: • Landscape with a Dog • Diana and the Nymph Callisto, Palazzo Pitti, Florence
Artist: Pietro Paolo Bonzi, Italian, (born 1573-04-21, dead 1636-03-17)
Title: Self-portrait Technique/ Material: Black chalk on paper (Dimensions(h x b): 40,5 x 26 cm) Artist: Pietro Paolo Bonzi, Italian, (born 1573-04-21, dead 1636-03-17) Category: Drawings, Free-hand d · Nationalmuseum Stockholm
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