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Antonio Bova (1641- October 15, 1701) was an Italian painter, active mainly in Sicily. ==Biography== He was born in Messina, Sicily. His father intended for him to become a priest, but he then trained with Giovanni Battista Quagliata then with Andrea Suppa. However, in a brawl, he is said to have murdered a rival and sought refuge first in the church of St Francis of Assisi, then in the Benedictine monastery of Santa Maria Maddalena, where he took the habit and lived for the rest of his life. He painted mostly frescoes, many of which were destroyed in the earthquakes that afflicted Messina in 1783 and 1908. He also painted ten highly admired large canvases in 1682 for the Cathedral of Messina, now also lost. Among the few remaining paintings by Bova in Messina are: the ''Martyrdom of San Placido'' and ''Death of St Benedict'' in church of Santa Maria Maddalena; ''St John Evangelist'' in Chapel of Palazzo Reale; a ''Virgin with Saints Benedict and Bernard'' in church of the Monastery of Sant’Anna; and ''Vergine Addolorata and St John'' now in Museo Regionale di Messina. Among his paintings outside of Messina are: ''St Cajetan of Thiene'' found in church of the Santissima Annunciazione, Randazzo; ''Adoration by Shepherds and Magi'' in church of San Giuseppe in Palermo, and a ''St Michael Archangel'' in the church of San Michele at Palazzolo Acreide.〔''Memorie de' pittori messinesi e degli esteri che in Messina fiorirono dal secolo XII sino al secolo XIX. ornate di ritratti'' by Gaetano Grano, Giuseppe Grosso Cacopardo, Messina, 1821 presso Giuseppe Pappalardo, page 172.〕〔''La pittura moderna in Italia ed in Francia'', Relazione del Prof Pasquale Villari, Florence Stabilimento di Gius. Pellas 1869.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Antonio Bova」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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