Before I forget, Research in Progress

A print and a drawing after Bononi at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam

While browsing through the digital collection of the Rijksmuseum, I ran into two reproductions of a painting I was supposed to see in real life last year, namely the Genius of the Arts by Carlo Bononi (1569-1632) that was exposed in Ferrara at Palazzo dei Diamanti in a beautiful and rare monographic exhibition (14.10.2017-07.01.2018).

A print by an unknown maker and a drawing after the print (same direction) are added below for comparison. (more soon)

Carlo Bononi, the Genius of the Arts, c. 1620, Olio on canvas, cm 120,5 x 101. Lauro Collection
  • Anonynous after Carlo Bononi, engraving on paper, 1600-1699, Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, inv. RP-P-H-H-900
  • Hendrick van Beaumont, Allegory of Music, 1696, red chalck on paper, p. 57r in an album of ca. 90 leaves, Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, inv. RP-T-00-465-57(R)