Sketch for the Parliament Hall “Thanatos and the Enigma” - 1900s - Drawing 1908

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Original drawing, pencil on paper. A wonderful sketch for the frieze for Parliament Hall in Montecitorio Palace, in Rome. Good … Read more Original drawing, pencil on paper. A wonderful sketch for the frieze for Parliament Hall in Montecitorio Palace, in Rome. Good conditions except for a diffused foxing, including a wooden frame (cm 64x3x48.5). Image Dimensions: 41 x 31.5 cm Giulio Aristide Sartorio (1860 –1932) Giulio Aristide Sartorio was an Italian painter and film director from Rome. Alongside the activity of landscape artist who saw him, in 1904, among the promoters of the XXV group of the Roman Campagna, he had numerous public commissions like the famous decorative frieze for the new Parliament hall, 1908-12) in whose literary inspiration merges with a refined design elegance. This was a great decorative enterprise of the first decade of the twentieth century in a climate of fierce affirmation of national values in a fresh country of unification, for which the artist has passed notoriously to history. 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