Country Woman -Original Ink and Watercolor by A. Aglio - Early 19th Century Early 19th Century

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Country Woman is an original watercolor artwork realized in the XIX century by Agostino Aglio Good conditions except for tears … Read more Country Woman is an original watercolor artwork realized in the XIX century by Agostino Aglio Good conditions except for tears along the margin and a little hole on higher right side. This precious modern artwork represents a woman, probably a peasant woman leaning against a little wall. Agostino Aglio (Cremona, 15 December 1777 - London, 30 January 1857) was an Italian painter, draftsman, engraver and lithographer. Son of Gaetano and Anna Maria Mondoni, he was sent to Milan in 1789 to study with Giocondo Albertolli., And then in Rome with the landscape artist Campovecchio. In 1798 he volunteered in the legion of the Cisalpine Republic and from 1799 to 1802 he traveled to Greece and Egypt with the architect William Wilkins, who invited him to England, where he settled in 1803; two years later he married Letitia Clarke. He decorated churches, theaters and villas, executed two portraits of Queen Victoria, and watercolor landscapes. In 1849 he was struck by paralysis and continued to work with his left hand. Many of his paintings are kept at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, any artwork in Italy created over 70 years ago by an artist who has died requires a licence for export regardless of the work’s market price. The shipping may require additional handling days to require the licence according to the final destination of the artwork. See less