Expertise – Virginia Anne Bonito

Virginia Anne Bonito, Ph.D., is an art historian with a breadth of expertise in various art movements and periods. Her extensive knowledge and academic background make her an authority in the field of art history. Dr. Bonito specializes in Italian Renaissance, Medieval, and Classical art, as well as Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Modernism, and Post-War American Realism/Figural Art.

With years of experience as an academic and consultant to collectors and artists, Dr. Bonito has honed her expertise in these specific areas of art. Following are some example of Specific Projects and Publications in which I have been involved, see the following:

Experience

Awards

The “Saint Anne Altar,” Sant Agostino, Rome: focus of my doctoral dissertation in the History of Art, a component of which involved the first phase of the restoration of the monument (1979 –1980); the second phase of the restoration (1995 – 1998) featured the comprehensive restoration of the surviving elements of the 1512 altar – Andrea Sansovino’s Virgin, Child and St. Anne [1510 – 1512, Parian marble, h: 135 cm] and Raphael’s Prophet Isaiah [fresco, 250 x 153 cm], and including the finalization of the physical re composition of the sculpture and fresco in their original 16th century location on the middle nave pier, Church of Sant’Agostino, Rome, Italy. The restoration of the “Saint Anne Altar” is discussed in my dissertation, and in various publications and lectures [for detailed references, refer to VAB curriculum vitae available upon request].

Art Historian and co-director with Laura and Paolo Mora, Istituto Centrale per il Restauro (ICR, Rome) and Giorgio Torraca, University of Rome, of the restoration of wall paintings, House of Menander, Pompeii, Italy, Spring 1985 – Winter 1986 [“A Coordinated Methodology for the Treatment and Study of the Peristyle Garden Wall of the House of Menander, Pompeii: An Interim Report,” Case Studies in the Conservation of
Stone and Wall Paintings, Preprints of the contributions to the International Institute for Conservation Bologna Congress, 21-26 September 1986, pp. 38-43, principal author and lecturer.]

Director of research and restoration of a group of 30 Old Master Paintings (belonging to various private collectors) featured in the exhibition L’Alta Fantasia: Saints, Angels and Other Heavenly Creations [and guest curator of the exhibition, organized in conjunction with the Schmidt Bingham Gallery: Schmidt Bingham Gallery, NYC, November 26 – December 20, 1990; Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis Tennessee, January 4 – February 10, 1991; Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee, February 20 – April 7, 1991.] [Fact sheets available for each painting. NB: 14 of these Old Master Paintings were gifted to Duke University Museum of Art, now the Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, NC]

Director of research and restoration, Jacopo Sansovino, Madonna of the Roses, circa 1510, terracotta in high relief with its original gilt and polychrome wood tabernacle frame, terracotta relief: 26½ x 16⅛ x 5⅞ [66.3 x 40.9 x 15 cm]; overall dimensions, 42½ x 30¼ x 4½ in. [108 x 77 x 11.5 cm], private collection; full dossier available upon request.

Director of research and restoration, Andrea del Sarto, Ottaviano de Medici, ca. 1525, oil on its original fine ‘fiandrina’ canvas; overall original canvas: 31½ x 24¾ inches [80 x 63 cm]; overall stretcher size: 31⅞ x 25⅜ inches [81 x 64 cm], private collection; our dossier files available upon request.

Director of research and restoration, the double-sided artwork featuring Amedeo Modigliani, Portrait of Jeanne Hébuterne, ca. 1917, mixed media/gouache on unprimed, fine cotton fabric, 20⅛ x 16⅛ inches and the contiguous Pablo Picasso (attrib.), Portrait of Modigliani, ca. 1909, Conté Crayon on paper, 19¾ x 17¼ inches; full dossier available upon request.

Yale University Morse Faculty Fellowship for the academic HONORS: year 1986-1987 for research on the sculptor/architect Andrea Sansovino

Individual and matching grants from the J. Paul Getty Trust, the Lehman Foundation, NIAF, and private donors for the Pompeii Menander Project
(administered by ICCROM, Rome), 1985-1987

A. Whitney Griswold Fellowship, Summer 1984

Samuel H. Kress Foundation Fellowship, 1980-1981

Krautheimer Fellowship for Post-Classical Humanist Studies, American Academy in Rome, 1980-1981

Martin and Edith Weinberger Fund Fellowship, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 1980

Samuel H. Kress Foundation Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, 1979-1980

Chester Dale Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, 1978-1979

Theodore Rousseau Fellowship, 1977-1978

Institute of Fine Arts Fellowship, 1976-1977

Institute of Fine Arts Summer Study Travel Grant, 1974 and 1975

Graduate Assistantship, Department of Art, Queens College, 1970-1972

Regents College Scholarship, 1965-1969

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