I principi Filippo Pasquale e Carlo Antonio di Borbone con la pianta di una fortezza

Executed in the Rococo idiom, the painting combines delicate brushwork with a luminous palette. Bonito renders the fabrics with fine attention to embroidery and sheen, while the dark green curtain behind the figures creates a contrasting backdrop that enhances the sense of depth and the refined atmosphere typical of his courtly genre scenes.

Created shortly after the Bourbon restoration in Naples, the work entered the royal holdings of the Caserta palace, where it has remained in situ. Its presence in the palace collection reflects the dynastic propaganda of the period, celebrating the heirs of the new Bourbon line.

The painting emerges from a period when Neapolitan art was increasingly influenced by French Rococo, yet retained a local emphasis on ceremonial portraiture. Bonito, known primarily for genre scenes, applied his skill in rendering everyday elegance to a formal portrait that also serves a documentary function, recording the princes alongside a strategic architectural drawing.