Giacomo Micheroux, Landscape, 1800s, Oil on Canvas

Description

Oil painting on canvas. Signed at the bottom left. The landscape view offers in the foreground a mountain path that … more Oil painting on canvas. Signed at the bottom left. The landscape view offers in the foreground a mountain path that leads to an oven for bread, where a woman prepares the fasters of wood for fire, while a wayfarer approaches the donkey's back; In the valley the viaduct on the river that leads to the village, surmounted by other barren peaks. Micheroux, belonging to the School of Posillipo, or the nineteenth -century school of Neapolitan artists dedicated to landscape painting, created several views of the Campania hinterland, but little has remained of his production and little is known about his life. The painting has some small color falls. It is presented as a frame of the late 1800s. 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



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