Catalog: Fine Art: Paintings: Oil: Europe: Italian (4)

Fishermen in the Venetian Lagoon at Daybreak

Oil-on-canvas, signed lower left

Painting: 16” x 20”
Frame: 22” x 26”

There is little biographical information on Simonetti, and it has been suggested that it is a pseudonym for Gian Gianni who was one of the last of the view painters of Italy. Gianni worked mostly in watercolor and produced views of Naples and Venice for people who were making the Grand Tour...

Italian School, Circa 1870.

Before photography, ship captains, owners or pasangers would commission local artists to paint their ship in foriegn ports, Here we see a ship in the Bay of Naples with Mount Vesuvius in the background

Ptg. : 10.5" x 16"
Frame: 13" x 18"

View of Rome

Oil-on Canvas, Signed

Painting 24" x 35.5"
Frame: 29" x 40.5"

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A Study for a Ceiling Fresco

Italian School, Oil-on-Canvas

Ptg.: 18" x 22"
Frame: 26.5" x30.75"

Provenance: Estate of Ramon Osuna,WashingtonD.C.