- Pietro Paolo Bonzi
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 andstill-lifes .he was born in
Cortona , he was part of the circle ofAnnibale Carracci andDomenichino , and trained underGiovanni Battista Viola in Rome. In Rome, he worked for Cardinal Pier PaoloCrescenzi in Rome. There are only two still-life paintings known with his signature; he thus forms one of the first Italian artists in Rome working in this style. TheGiustiniani inventories of 1638 cite paintings by Bonzi and other still-lifes are documented in the 1670 inventory of PrincipeLorenzo Onofrio Colonna 's collection. He also worked in fresco and in 1622-23 worked withPietro da Cortona on the ceiling of a gallery in thePalazzo Mattei di Giove . Other commissions cited byBaglione include his work in thePalazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi .References
* [http://www.wga.hu/bio/b/bonzi/biograph.html| Web Gallery of Art Biography.]
*"A Pair of Landscape Paintings by Giovanni Battista Viola," Richard E. Spear, "The Burlington Magazine" (1993) p. 762-764.
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