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| 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 | Naples |
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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
