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Domenico Morelli, Figure, 1800s, Watercolor
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Beautiful and interesting watercolor painting on paper attributed to the great Neapolitan artist Domenico Morelli.
It depicts one of his …
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Beautiful and interesting watercolor painting on paper attributed to the great Neapolitan artist Domenico Morelli.
It depicts one of his favorite subjects, namely an oriental woman caught in a naturalistic attitude.
In this beautiful painting we have a young woman holding a wineskin held with rare elegance.
Signed at lower right “Morelli.”
This artwork, never before on the market, comes from a private collection and is beautified by an impressive antique frame in gilded wood, in almost perfect condition.
The painting is also protected by glass
Certificate of authenticity issued by Sabrina Egidi official Expert in Italian furniture for the Chamber of Commerce of Rome and for the Rome Civil Courts.
Dimensions are frame included
Domenico Morelli (4 August 1823 – 13 August 1901)[1] was an Italian painter, who mainly produced historical and religious works.
Morelli was immensely influential in the arts of the second half of the 19th century, both as director of the Accademia di Belle Arti in Naples, but also because of his rebelliousness against institutions: traits that flourished into the passionate, often patriotic, Romantic and later Symbolist subjects of his canvases.
Morelli was the teacher of Vincenzo Petrocelli, Ulisse Caputo, and Anselmo Gianfanti.
He was born to a poor family in Naples.
His mother had hoped he would become a priest.
His precocious talent was noted, and he was enrolled at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Naples in 1836–1846, where he befriended Francesco Altamura.
His early works contain imagery drawn from the Medieval stories and Romantic poets such as Byron. In 1845, he painted a prize-winning L' angelo che porta le anime al Purgatorio dantesco.
In 1845–46, with the painting of Saul calmato da David, and help from a generous patron, the lawyer Ruggiero, he won a fellowship to study in Rome.
In 1847–48, he painted Il corsaio and Una sfida di Trovatori, the prize-winning Bacio del Corsaro, and Goffredo a cui appare l'angelo. In 1847 at Rome, he painted a Madonna che culla il bambino, aiutata da San Giovanni.
Morelli had just returned to Naples, when the insurrections of 1848 erupted in Naples.
He joined the protesters in the barricades on via Toledo, and was wounded, nearly killed, and briefly imprisoned. In a retrospective published after his death, Isabella Anderton would label Domenico as one of the warrior artists of Italy, a group which also included Filippo Palizzi, Telemaco Signorini, Stefano Ussi, and Francesco Saverio Altamura.
Released, Morelli returned to Rome.
He painted Van der Welt in mezzo ai corsari sopra una via romita (1851) and Cesare Borgia a Capita in mezzo ad una folla di fanciulle.
In 1855 at the Florentine Exposition, he displayed his famous The Iconoclasts.
He participated in the Universal Exposition in Paris in 1855. Later, in Florence, he was an active participant in the Macchiaioli discussions on Realism.
Morelli claimed that it was these discussions that made his own work less academic and helped him to develop a freer style and to experiment with color. In this period, he is grouped into the school of Realism
In 1857, he won a contest to design the decoration of the Church of San Francesco of Gaeta, a project never completed. On a trip to Milan he painted Count di Ijara, Pompeian Bath, and a Madonna Addolorata. By 1857, he had returned to Naples, painting a Torquato Tasso. For the ceiling of the Royal chapel of Naples, he painted an Assumption of the Virgin.
He was a member of an independent society, led by his friend Filippo Palizzi, to promote the liberal arts, called the Societa Promotrice in 1862.
He was appointed consultant for new acquisitions of the Capodimonte art museum in Naples and, thus, had significant impact on the subsequent direction of the collections.
In 1868, Morelli became a professor of painting at his old Academy, which now became the Royal Institute of Fine Arts in Naples.
from that period onward, his interest turned to religious and mystical themes, drawn from mostly Christian, but also Jewish and Muslim traditions. Perhaps best known from this period is the Assumption on the ceiling of the Royal Palace in Naples.
Morelli was also one of the collaborators for the illustrations of the Amsterdam Bible in 1895.
from 1899 until his death, he was president of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Naples.
Morelli late in life won many awards and distinctions. he was named honorary professor of the principal academies of Italy and Europe, commendatore of the Order of SS. Maurizio e Lazzaro and of the Order of the Crown of Italy, and cavaliere dell' Ordine civile di Savoia.
In June, 1886, he was knighted a senator by the King. He died on 13 August 1901 in Naples.
Among his many pupils were Giuseppe Costa, Francesco Paolo Michetti, Vittorio Matteo Corcos, Giuseppe Boschetto, Camillo Miola, Edoardo Tofano, Antonio Mancini, Vincenzo Montefusco and Enrico Salfi. Morelli designed the frescoes painted for the tomb of Giacomo Leopardi, located in the church of San Vitale at Fuorigrotta, but they were completed posthumously by his son-in-law, Paolo Vetri.
This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
official proof of authenticity,
however it is well documented in design history. I take full responsibility for any authenticity
issues arising from misattribution
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- Dimensions
- 11.02ʺW × 1.57ʺD × 15.35ʺH
- Art Subjects
- Figure
- Country of Origin
- Italy
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Condition
- Unknown, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Condition Notes
- Patina Consistent with Age and Use Patina Consistent with Age and Use less
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