Guercino's Friar with a Gold Earring
Fra Bonaventura Bisi, Painter and Art Dealer
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2023
Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78551-415-9 (ISBN)
Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78551-415-9 (ISBN)
This fascinating book investigates Guercino’s portrait of miniature painter and art dealer Fra Bonaventura Bisi, a Franciscan friar who wears an intriguing gold earring.
Who is the intriguing man wearing a religious habit and a gold hoop earring in this portrait by Italian Baroque master Il Guercino? And why does he point to a stack of drawings? This fascinating book investigates The Ringling’s portrait of Fra Bonaventura Bisi, a Franciscan Minor Conventual friar whose work as an art dealer, printmaker, and celebrated painter of miniatures made him a major figure in the artistic culture of 17th-century Bologna. Beautifully illustrated, this volume offers new scholarship on both Guercino’s portrait and Fra Bisi’s life, including his extraordinary miniatures, his dogged pursuit of artworks for high-ranking collectors, his passionate efforts to promote the appreciation and collecting of drawings, and - not least - his incongruous gold hoop earring.
Published to accompany an important exhibition of the same name at The Ringling (14 October 2023-07 January 2024), this book, based on years of research, provides a captivating glimpse into art making and art collecting in Baroque Italy.
Who is the intriguing man wearing a religious habit and a gold hoop earring in this portrait by Italian Baroque master Il Guercino? And why does he point to a stack of drawings? This fascinating book investigates The Ringling’s portrait of Fra Bonaventura Bisi, a Franciscan Minor Conventual friar whose work as an art dealer, printmaker, and celebrated painter of miniatures made him a major figure in the artistic culture of 17th-century Bologna. Beautifully illustrated, this volume offers new scholarship on both Guercino’s portrait and Fra Bisi’s life, including his extraordinary miniatures, his dogged pursuit of artworks for high-ranking collectors, his passionate efforts to promote the appreciation and collecting of drawings, and - not least - his incongruous gold hoop earring.
Published to accompany an important exhibition of the same name at The Ringling (14 October 2023-07 January 2024), this book, based on years of research, provides a captivating glimpse into art making and art collecting in Baroque Italy.
David M. Stone is Professor Emeritus at the University of Delaware and a specialist in 17th-century Italian art. Sarah Cartwright is Ulla R. Searing Curator of Collections at The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art.
Erscheinungsdatum | 17.10.2023 |
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Co-Autor | Sarah Cartwright |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 241 x 279 mm |
Gewicht | 870 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik | |
ISBN-10 | 1-78551-415-6 / 1785514156 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-78551-415-9 / 9781785514159 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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