Carlo Botti, Portraits with Gentleman and Lady, 1875, Oil on Canvas, Framed, Set of 2

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Important pair of oil on canvas paintings applied to cardboard depicting portraits of spouses belonging to the Italian aristocracy of … Read more Important pair of oil on canvas paintings applied to cardboard depicting portraits of spouses belonging to the Italian aristocracy of the second half of the 19th century. Signed and dated at the bottom left of the Lady and at the bottom left of the gentleman - Carlo Botti 1875 The pair of paintings in question certainly enter the body of works by the master Carlo Botti and add to the catalog that documents his copious activity, which according to the most authoritative source, the Critical and Documentary Dictionary by A.M. Comanducci, "The Italian Painters of the Nineteenth Century" was to be around 2000 works, including 700 portraits. The paintings in question, due to the high quality of the naturalistic rendering of the anatomies and the light effects, appear to have been executed following the contact with the master Michele Gordigiani (Florence, May 29, 1835 – Florence, October 7, 1909), often far from academic circles, was in contact with the group of Macchiaioli artists and with whom Carlo was able to develop his great talent as a portraitist. Tendencies towards portraiture in the Florentine area can also be found in the colors of the backgrounds and the reproduced atmospheric-environmental effects. The paintings including the coeval gilded frame measure: 74cm x 86cm; while the canvases measure 63cm x 77cm. See less