- Benigno Bossi
Benigno Bossi (1727- c. 1800) was an Italian engraver.
He was born at Porto d'Arcisato near
Milan . He was intended to have studied painting underPompeo Batoni , but that artist's death prevented it, and he was advised byAnton Raphael Mengs and Dietrich to apply himself to engraving. He stayed for a time inNuremberg andDresden , but during theSeven Years War he had to leaveSaxony , and went in 1760 toParma where he found patronage by the duke. He died in Parma.He engraved the following prints:
#"Self-portrait"
#A "Presentation in the Temple" (1755).
#Forty small etchings of Heads, and other subjects
#A set of Vases, and a Masquerade; after Pellot.
#Four of "Trophies "(1771).
#Four of the "Attributes of the Seasons" (1770).
#Two of Children.
#Allegorical figures representing the Towns inPiedmont .
#A set of twenty-nine plates after the drawings ofParmigianino References
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