Pietro Bonato Explained

Pietro Bonato (1764–1813)^[1] was an Italian painter and engraver of the Baroque. He was born at Bassano and was a pupil of Giovanni Volpato. He engraved plates after Guido Reni and Correggio.^[2]

He worked with Giuseppe Bortignoni the Younger in engraving ceiling decorations from the Vatican.^[3]

Notes and References

1. The correct dates of birth and death were provided recently (2022) by prof. Federico Piscopo.
2. Book: Bryan, Michael. 1886. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical . I: A-K . Robert Edmund Graves . 151. George Bell and Sons. London .
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=vNsNAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA728 Storia di Bassano: e del suo territorio