who was born at Harlingen in 1767, was the son of Hendricus Antonius Baur, a portrait painter (born 1736, died 1817). He painted landscapes and views of cities, and many houses in Holland are embellished by his works. He also painted moonlight and winter scenes; and was particularly successful in marine subjects. He is considered one of the best of the later Dutch marine painters. He died at Harlingen in 1820.
Related Paintings of Nicolaas Baur :. | The Anglo-Dutch fleet in the Bay of Algiers | Warship 'Amsterdam' on the IJ before Amsterdam | Rotterdam | Bay of Algiers | Frigate 'Rotterdam' on the Meuse before Rotterdam | Related Artists:
Salvatore Postiglionepainted Pier Damiano e la contessa Adelaide di Savoia in 1887
MOR VAN DASHORST, AnthonisNetherlandish Painter, ca.1517-1577
Giuseppe BonitoGiuseppe Bonito (11 January 1707 - 9 May 1789) was a Neapolitan painter of the Rococo period. Giuseppe Bonito is known for genre depictions on canvas. Many of Gaspare Traversi's paintings had previously been attributed to Bonito.
Bonito was born at Castellammare di Stabia, and, like Traversi, was a student at the large studio of Francesco Solimena. Bonito represented urban scenes with folklore details and figures of commedia dell'arte. Between the 1736 and 1742 Bonito it worked for the family Borboni in the royal palace of Portici. He also painted portraits including one of Maria Amalia di Sassonia, wife of the Charles VII, king of Naples.
