Saturday, August 13, 2022

Domenico Bossi (1767-1853) - Cosmopolitan Miniaturist

Domenico Bossi
Miniature Portrait of Louisa Charlotte,
Princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

1796
watercolor on ivory
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Domenico Bossi
Miniature Portrait of a Gentleman
1799
watercolor on ivory
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Domenico Bossi
Miniature Portrait of Mrs Lundmark
ca. 1812
watercolor and gouache on ivory
Sinebrychoff Art Museum, Helsinki

Domenico Bossi
Miniature Portrait of Tsar Alexander I
1803
watercolor on ivory
set in enameled gold with diamonds
private collection

Domenico Bossi
Miniature Portrait of Tsar Alexander I
ca. 1805-1815
watercolor on ivory
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Domenico Bossi
Miniature Portrait of Natalya Ivanovna Goncharova
1807
watercolor on ivory
private collection

Domenico Bossi
Miniature Portrait of Prince Gustav of Sweden
1808
watercolor on ivory
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Domenico Bossi
Miniature Portrait of a Lady
ca. 1810
watercolor and gouache on ivory
Sinebrychoff Art Museum, Helsinki

Domenico Bossi
Miniature Portrait of Count Alexander Nikitch Panin
ca. 1810
watercolor on ivory
private collection

Domenico Bossi
Miniature Portrait of Baroness Ulrika Magdalena Levin
1811
watercolor on ivory
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Domenico Bossi
Miniature Portrait of Count Johan Otto Wrangel af Sauss
1811
watercolor on ivory
private collection

Domenico Bossi
Miniature Portrait of Carolina Susanna Oxelgren
1800
gouache on ivory
private collection

Domenico Bossi
Miniature Portrait of Count Anders Fredrik Skjöldebrand
1811
watercolor on ivory
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Domenico Bossi
Portrait Study of Birger Fredrik Rothoff
1800
drawing
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Domenico Bossi
Miniature Self Portrait
1801
gouache on bone
National Museum, Warsaw

"Italian painter Domenico Bossi, also known as Johann Dominik Bossi, was born in Trieste.  After training with Giandomenico Tiepolo in Venice, he embarked on a roving career specializing in portrait miniatures on ivory.  Moving from court to European court, Bossi found an abundance of clients, mainly drawn from royal and aristocratic families.  The artist never returned to Italy, ultimately settling in Munich."      

– from a promotional sketch issued by Ruzhnikov, London