Giovanni Bonatti (c. 1635-1681)

• Was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.
• Active in Rome and Ferrara.
• He is also known as Giovannino del Pio or Giuseppe Bonati.
• He initially trained as a pupil of Francesco Costanzo Cattaneo and Leonello Bononi.
• Under the patronage of cardinal Carlo Pio di Savoia, in 1658 he was sent to Bologna to train with Guercino.
• In 1662, he travels to Rome to work in the studio of Pier Francesco Mola.
• Bonati attempts to establish a studio to rival Carlo Maratta.
• Along with his patrons, he traveled through Italy, including Venice, returning in 1665 to Rome.
• In the Museo Capitolino are paintings of Rinaldo leaves Armida as well as Sisera and Jael.
• He painted for Queen Christina of Sweden, too. 

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