Antonio or Antonio d'Ariodante Buonfigli (1680 - circa 1750) was an
Italian
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painter of the late-Baroque period.
Biography
He was born and active in
Siena
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Leonardo Massimiliano de Vegni, an engraver, was one of his pupils. Buonfigli painted a ''Baptism of St Trofimo'' found in the
Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena.
An inventory of works in Siena from 1840, listed the following works:
*Paintings, Sacristy of the Oratorio del Rosario.
*Paintings, Educatorio di Santa Maria Maddalena
*Crucifix, Badia Nuova
*''Dead Jesus'' altarpiece, Parish church of
Santo Stefano alla Lizza
*Painting, Oratorio degli Artisti, Church of
San Vigilio
*''Santa Cecilia'', Sacristy of
Siena Cathedral
Siena Cathedral () is a medieval church in Siena, Italy, dedicated from its earliest days as a Roman Catholic Marian church, and now dedicated to the Assumption of Mary.
Since the early 13th-century the Siena Cathedral has been an important pa ...
*Painting, Pieve di San Giovanni
An Antonio Buonfigli (1794 - 1874) from Lucca was known as a singer and musician.
Memorie e documenti per servire alla storia di Lucca
Volume 12, pages 229-232.
References
1680 births
1750 deaths
17th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
18th-century Italian painters
Painters from Siena
Italian Baroque painters
18th-century Italian male artists
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