Italian Baroque Era Painter, 1555-1619  Related Paintings of CARRACCI, Lodovico :. | The Martyrdom of St Margaret fg | The Virgin Appearing to St Hyacinth fdg | The Dream of Saint Catherine of Alexandria fdg | The Stories of Jason (detail) df | Alessandro e Taide |
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Agostino Brunias
Agostino Brunias (c. 1730 - April 2, 1796) was a London-based Italian painter from Rome. Strongly associated with West Indian art, he left England at the height of his career to chronicle Dominica and the neighboring islands of the West Indies. Painted in the tradition of verite ethnographique, his art was as escapist as it was romantic. Brunias was born in Rome c. 1730; the exact date is uncertain. His first name has been spelled in various ways including Abraham, Alexander, August, or Austin, while his surname has been recorded as Brunais and Brunyas. Brunias was a student at the Accademia di San Luca, Rome, where he won Third Prize in the Second Class for painting in 1754. An early oil painting of his was exhibited in Rome two years earlier.
Auguste Alexandre Hirsch
1833-1912