Benigno Bossi (1727–1792) was an Italian engraver, painter, and stucco artist.
Life
editHe was born at Arcisate[1] near Milan. He was intended to have studied painting under Pompeo Batoni, but that artist's death prevented it, and he was advised by Anton Raphael Mengs and Dietrich to apply himself to engraving. He stayed for a time in Nuremberg and Dresden, but during the Seven Years' War he had to leave Saxony, and went in 1760 to Parma where he found patronage by the duke.[2]
He died in Parma on 4 November 1792.[1] Some sources appear to misspell his name as Benigno Rossi.[3][4]
Prints
editHe engraved the following prints:[5]
- Self-portrait.
- A Presentation in the Temple (1755).
- Forty small etchings of Heads, and other subjects.
- A Mascarade à la Grecque and a Suite des Vases after Ennemond Alexandre Petitot.[6]
- Four of Trophies (1771).
- Four of the Attributes of the Seasons (1770).
- Two of children.
- Allegorical figures representing the Towns in Piedmont.
- A set of 29 plates after the drawings of Parmigianino.
References
edit- ^ a b Benigno Bossi Archived 2014-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 13 (1971)
- ^ Bryan 1886
- ^ Accademia delle Arti del Disegno of Florence, List of artists, stated as Engraver and painter at the service of the Duke of Parma. Elected Accademico 28.9.1783.
- ^ Emporeo biografico metodico, ovvero Biografia Universale, Volume 10, By Filippo De Boni, page 579. Entry on Francesco Londonio.
- ^ List from Bryan 1886.
- ^ "Mascarade à la Grecque; Suite des Vases; and [Cheminées]". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
Bibliography
edit- Bryan, Michael (1886). Robert Edmund Graves (ed.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical. Vol. I A-K. London: George Bell and Sons. pp. 162–163.
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