Antonio Bonfanti

Antonio Bonfanti (active 1600) was an Italian painter. He was also called Il Torricella.[1] He was a native of Ferrara, where he painted a Presentation of Mary at Temple and Dispute among Doctors for the chancel of the church of San Francesco and a Holy Family for the church of La Santissima Trinità.[2] He was a pupil or follower of Guercino. His brother Giulio was also a painter.

References

  1. ↑ Bryan, Michael (1878). A Biographical and Critical Dictionary of Painters and Engravers. London: George Bell and Sons. p. 95. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Catalogo istorico de' pittori e scultori ferraresi e delle opere loro, by Cesare Cittadella, page 336.
  • 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. 154.
  • Davis, Bruce (1997). Master drawings in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Hudson Hills. p. 48. ISBN 9781555951528.



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