Giuseppe Bonito 1707-89
Portrait of a Man Smoking a Pipe
Details
Artist
Giuseppe Bonito 1707-89
Title
Portrait of a Man Smoking a Pipe
Date
About 1730
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
H: 85 x W: 65 cm
Reference
CVCSC:0304.S
Collection
Status
On Display
In this early portrait, Giuseppe Bonito skilfully renders the details of the sitter’s face, hand and costume against a simple background. Bonito was acclaimed for his portraits, religious painting and everyday life or ‘genre’ scenes, and in 1751 he was appointed the official painter to the King of Naples.
Giuseppe Bonito Portrait of a Man Smoking a Pipe About 1730 © Compton Verney