Antonio Bonetti Explained

Antonio Bonetti (1710 - 1787) was an Italian painter, active mainly in Bologna in quadratura painting.

Biography

He trained with Serafino Brizzi. He painted in the church of the Madonna del Baraccano in Bologna.^[1] In the year of his death, he was elected to the Accademia Clementina.^[2] He also decorated a room in the Palazzo Orsi in via San Vitale number 28.^[3]

Among his pupils was Vincenzo Conti.^[4]

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=AptDAAAAYAAJ Annali della città di Bologna dalle sua origine
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=N6ECAAAAcAAJ Diario bolognese ecclesiastico e civile: per l'anno 1787
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=7iNDAQAAMAAJ La storia delle arti del disegno, studiata nei monumenti
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=zaAWwKRUV2MC Guida del forestiere per la città di Bologna e suoi sobborghi