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Michela De Vito
Woman with Flowers - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.

1820 c.a.

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Watercolour on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a. Fine watercolour representing a female figure in traditional Italian costumes. Hand-signed on lower margin at the center (the signature in black ink is hard to read, the signature in pencil is on lower-right margin). Good conditions, with some visible stains on higher and lower margin and two rips, one on lower-right and other one on the higher-left. Michela De Vito In the XIX century, Michela De Vito native of Abruzzi, worked in Naples and became a famous artist. She was maybe the daughter or sister of Camillo de Vito, a reknown painter of guaches above all of views and scenes of everyday life. Sometimes she is mistaken with Michele de Vito. “A refined painter, very skilled when it came to drawings, she had the characteristic to make her subject more gentle, compared to her male collegues"; this is how De Rosa and Trastulli describe her.
  • Creator:
    Michela De Vito (1800, Italian)
  • Creation Year:
    1820 c.a.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 13.78 in (35 cm)Width: 9.14 in (23.2 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
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  • Framing:
    Framing Options Available
  • Condition:
    Insurance may be requested by customers as additional service, contact us for more information.
  • Gallery Location:
    Roma, IT
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: M-954791stDibs: LU65034557051
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