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Mariano Bovi (8 December 1757 – 9 April 1813) (also Marino, Mno, M.; Bova, Bove) was an Italian engraver, publisher and art dealer.

Biography

Mariano Bovi was born in Naples, Italy, on 8 December 1757. There is a record of him having at least one brother, Rocco Bovi (1743-1831) (who later became a mathematician and mayor of Scilla in Calabria). In 1781 Mariano was sent to London by Ferdinand IV to serve as an apprentice for three years under Francesco Bartolozzi. He later became an art dealer and publisher, going into business with his brother Rocco. His productive period in London was between 1786 and 1791. He went into bankruptcy in 1805 and died in 1813 in Messina.

Etchings

Partial list of prints by Bovi:

• Homeri Caput Integrum ..., after John Brown (published 1780)

• Miss Barker, after Richard Cosway (published c.1780-c.1813)

• Portrait of Giovanni Battista Cipriani, after Francesco Bartolozzi (published 1785)

• Bacchus's Favorite, after Lady Diana Beauclerk (published 1786)

• Henry Swinburne, after Richard Cosway (published 1786)

• Richard Cosway, after Richard Cosway (published 1786)

• Family portrait of Ferdinand IV, King of the Two Sicilies, after Angelica Kauffman (published 1790)

• Bacchante, after Lavinia Spencer, Countess Spencer (published London 1792)

• Mrs Bateman, after Ludwig Guttenbrunn (published 1793)

• The King's departure from his disconsolate family, after Domenico Pellegrini (published 1794)

• The Recording Angel, after Giovanni Battista Cipriani (published 1797)

• Alexandre Souvorov, after Josef Kreutzinger (published 1799)

• Hester Lynch Piozzi (née Salusbury, later Mrs Thrale), after Pierre Noel Violet (published 1800)

• Cupids adorning Venus with flowers, after Lady Diana Beauclerk (published 1803)

• Francesco Maurolico, after Polidoro da Caravaggio

References

1. Mariano Bovi, The British Museum, britishmuseum.org
2. Marino or Mariano Bovi (Bova) (1758-1813), National Portrait Gallery
3. Maria Toscano, Gli archivi del mondo antiquaria, storia naturale e collezionismo nel secondo Settecento,·Edifir - 2009, page 300
4. Andrew White, Bartolozzi and His Works, Field & Tuer - 1885, page 388
5. Brayton Ives, American Art Association, Thomas Ellis, Catalogue of the Masterpieces of Engraving and Etching Collected by the Late General Brayton Ives, to be Sold at Unrestricted Public Sale, Kirby Lent & Graff Company, printers - 1915, page 165
6. Mariano Bovi, The British Museum, britishmuseum.org
7. Marino or Mariano Bovi (Bova) (1758-1813), National Portrait Gallery, npg.org.uk
8. Mariano Bovi (b. 1758), RA Collection: People and Organisations, Engraver and printseller. Active in London ca. 1785Royal Academy, royalacademy.org.uk
9. The British Museum, Mariano Bovi, britishmuseum.org

External links

• Media related to Marino Bovi at Wikimedia Commons
• Mariano Bovi at The British Museum

• 1757 births
• 1813 deaths
• Artists from the Kingdom of Naples
• Artists from Naples
• Italian engravers
• Italian etchers
• 18th-century engravers
• 18th-century Italian artists
• 19th-century engravers
• 19th-century Italian artists
• 19th-century Italian male artists
• Italian expatriates in England