Carlo Bononi was an Italian

Italy

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 painter

Painting

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.

Born and active mainly in Emilia

Emilia (region of Italy)

Emilia is a historical region of northern Italy which approximately corresponds to the western and north-eastern portions of today’s Emilia-Romagna region...

 and Ferrara

Ferrara

Ferrara is a city and comune in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara. It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north...

, and considered to be mainly a painter of the School of Ferrara

School of Ferrara (painting)

The School of Ferrara was a group of painters which flourished in the Duchy of Ferrara during the Renaissance. Ferrara was ruled by the Este family, well known for its patronage of the arts. Patronage was extended with the ascent of Ercole d'Este I in 1470, and the family continued in power till...

. He studied painting under Giuseppe Mazzuoli, known as il Bastarolo. Knew Guercino and was eulogized by Guido Reni

Guido Reni

Guido Reni was an Italian painter of high-Baroque style.-Biography:Born in Bologna into a family of musicians, Guido Reni was the son of Daniele Reni and Ginevra de’ Pozzi. As a child of nine, he was apprenticed under the Bolognese studio of Denis Calvaert. Soon after, he was joined in that...

 as having a "bounty of a most honest life, a great knowledge of design, and strength in colorizing". Bononi rose to prominence in Ferrara when the painter Scarsellino

Scarsellino

Scarsellino or Ippolito Scarsella , was an Italian Late-Renaissance - Mannerist painter of the School of Ferrara. He was born and died in Ferrara; however, he traveled and worked extensively across Italy, encountering many influences. He was born to an artist father, the less-talented Sigismondo...

 died, and the former called to Rome. He was initially buried in Santa Maria in Vado, for which he had helped decorate the ceiling with various canvases.

Among his pupils was Alfonso Rivarola

Alfonso Rivarola

Alfonso Rivarola was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Ferrara.He was the pupil of the painter Carlo Bononi. In Ferrara, he painted the Marriage of the Virgin in Santa Maria in Vado. He also painted for a Baptism of St. Agostine for S. Agostino; a Resurrection for the...

 (il Chenda), Giovanni Battista dalla Torre, and Camillo Berlinghieri

Camillo Berlinghieri

Camillo Berlinghieri was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Born in Ferrara. He trained with Carlo Bononi. Among his paintings was a Gathering of the Manna in San Niccolo; and an Annunciation for Sant Antonio Abbate in Ferrara. His works are chiefly at Ferrara and at Venice, where he was...

. His nephew, Leonello Bononi was also a painter.

• Second of four chapels, (Basilica della Ghiara
  Basilica della Ghiara
  The Tempio della Beata Vergine della Ghiara, also known as Basilica della Madonna della Ghiara is a church in Reggio Emilia, northern Italy...
  
  , Bologna)
• Saint Louis of Toulouse Praying for the end of the Plague (Kunsthistoriches Museum, Vienna
  Vienna
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  )
• The Madonna of Loreto appearing to Saints John the Evangelist, Bartholemew, and James the Great,
• The Guardian Angel(late 1620s, Pinacoteca Nazionale di Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara) http://www.censusferrarese.it/galleria/index.php?lang=ita&autore=bononi&nomeopera=angelo&anno=&luogo=&codice=
• Saint Barbara

External links

• Census of Ferrarese Paintings and Drawings http://www.censusferrarese.it/galleria/index.php?lang=ita&autore=Bononi+Carlo