Michela De Vito, Man in a Basket, 1820, Watercolor on Ivory Paper

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Watercolour on ivory coloured paper (cm 29.6 x 23.4) by Michela De Vito, 1820 c.a. Representing a worker in traditional … Read more Watercolour on ivory coloured paper (cm 29.6 x 23.4) by Michela De Vito, 1820 c.a. Representing a worker in traditional Napolitan costumes sleeping. Excellent conditions. Very beautiful and good quality watercolour both for the drawing and for the fineness of the colours. 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. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
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