Giovanni Battista Buonocore
Giovanni Battista Buonocore (Campli, Province of Teramo, Abruzzo, 1643 – Rome, May 22, 1699) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He became Rector (1679), then Principe (1698) (replacing the Maratta) of the Accademia di San Luca of Rome.[1]
Biography
While born in Abruzzo, he first trained with Mola in Lombardy, then traveled to Parma, Venice, Ferrara, Cento, Florence, and Bologna, before settling in Rome. He painted an altar-piece for the Chiesa degli Orfanelli at Rome. He is known there for a canvas of Martyrdom of San Gaetano which was once in the Villa Medici. He also painted a San Andrea Avellino, Massacre of the Innocents, St Anthony of Padua with Virgin and Child, and a Deposition. He painted a Crucifixion for the Church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli. He also painted some frescoes in the tribune of the church of San Carlo al Corso. He painted the main altarpiece for the church of the Orfanelli. He painted a series of canvases depicting the victories of Hannibal at Ticino, Trebbia, Trasimeno, and Canae, and also the Defeat of Hasdrubal at the battle of Metauro.[2] Among his pupils was Girolamo de Rossi.[3] His biography was written by Leone Pascoli.
References
- Minieri-Riccio, Camillo (1844). 'Memorie storiche degli scrittori nati nel regno di Napoli. Tipografia dell'Aquila di V. Puzziello, Chiostro di San Tomasso d'Aquino, Naples; Digitized by Googlebooks April 18, 2006. p. 67.
- Bryan, Michael (1886). Robert Edmund Graves, ed. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume I: A-K). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. p. 152.
- ↑ Gente d'Abruzzo: Dizionario Biografico, vol. 1, chapter on Giovan Battista Boncori, by Giovanni Corrieri, Castelli, Andromeda Editrice, 2006.
- ↑ Artisti abruzzesi: pittori, scultori, architetti, maestri di musica ... By Vincenzo Bindi, (1883); Naples, Comm G De Angelis and Sons, Tipografi of His Majesty the King of Italy, Portamedina all Pignasecca 44. Page 56.
- ↑ V. Bindi, page 59.