Giuseppe Bottani
(1717 - 1784)
Giuseppe Bottani was an Italian painter active in the Baroque period. He was born in Cremona, and lived as a boy in Pontremoli. He was sent to study in Florence, where he was a pupil of Vincenzo Meucci and Antonio Puglieschi. He moved to Rome to work under Agostino Masucci, then he returned to Cremona after 1745. In 1769, he was named professor of painting and director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Mantua. He was known for painting landscapes in the style of Gaspard Poussin, and figures in the style of Maratta.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Bottani
(1717 - 1784)
Giuseppe Bottani was an Italian painter active in the Baroque period. He was born in Cremona, and lived as a boy in Pontremoli. He was sent to study in Florence, where he was a pupil of Vincenzo Meucci and Antonio Puglieschi. He moved to Rome to work under Agostino Masucci, then he returned to Cremona after 1745. In 1769, he was named professor of painting and director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Mantua. He was known for painting landscapes in the style of Gaspard Poussin, and figures in the style of Maratta.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Bottani
Athena appearing to Odysseus to reveal the Island of Ithaca
Before 1775
Oil on canvas
Private collection (sold by Sotheby’s 2012)
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2012/important-old-master-paintings-n08825/lot.153.html
Before 1775
Oil on canvas
Private collection (sold by Sotheby’s 2012)
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2012/important-old-master-paintings-n08825/lot.153.html
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Athena appearing to Odysseus to reveal the Island of Ithaca
1775
Oil on canvas
Museo Civico, Pavia
https://museicivici.comune.pv.it/site/home/i-musei.html
1775
Oil on canvas
Museo Civico, Pavia
https://museicivici.comune.pv.it/site/home/i-musei.html
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