Onorio Marinari

Summary

Onorio Marinari (1627 – 5 January 1715) was an Italian painter and printmaker of the Baroque period, active mainly in Florence. His father, Sigismondo di Pietro Marinari, was also a painter, and he trained with his cousin, Carlo Dolci, later being also influenced by Simone Pignoni and Francesco Furini.

Onorio Marinari
Engraving of Self-portrait[1]
Born1627
Died5 January 1715
NationalityItalian
Known forPainting and Printmaker
MovementMannerism

His fresco in the Palazzo Capponi, Florence, is dated 1707. He worked mainly in Florence for Florentine and Tuscan clients, but he did not devote himself only to painting. In fact, in 1674, he published an essay on astronomy entitled Fabbrica ed uso dell' Annulo Astronomico. Bartolomeo Bimbi was one of his pupils.

Sources edit

  • Getty Museum entry
  • Web Gallery of Art
  1. ^ V Gozzini design, and Paolo Longinio' artist

Works edit

  • Fabbrica et uso dell'annulo astronomico (in Italian). Firenze: Alla Condotta. 1674.