11 - GIUSEPPE BONITO

GIUSEPPE BONITO (Castellammare di Stabia, 1707 – Naples, 1789) Dimensions: 84 x 112 cm Dimensions: 110 x 138 cm with frame Oil on canvas Portrait of a Noblewoman Below is the opinion of Prof. Stefano Causa. An analysis of the style of this female portrait leaves no doubt: we are looking at a work typical of Giuseppe Bonito, one of the leading figures of 18th-century culture in Naples during his mature period. Most likely dating to the 1660s, the painting, with its period frame, is not only a masterpiece by one of the last great pupils of Francesco Solimena (1657–1747); but, ultimately, one of the most dazzling portraits from the Bourbon era to have resurfaced in recent years. Bonito engages in a head-to-head