ARTIST: Girolamo Nattino (Italian, 1842 - 1913)
TITLE: Woman Reading Book
MEDIUM: watercolor on paper
CONDITION: Some age toning. Some foxing. Framed under glass. Wear to frame.
ART SIZE: 14 x 10 inches / 35 x 25 cm
FRAME SIZE: 22 x 18 inches / 55 x 45 cm
SIGNATURE: lower right
LOCATION: This lot is located at our Mamaroneck, NY office.
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
AD: ART WANTED: Consign, Trade In, Cash Offer
SKU#: 150516
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BIOGRAPHY:
Girolamo Nattino (1842-1913) was an Italian painter, who depicted eclectic subjects, including genre, landscapes, and portraits. He studied ornamentation and design from the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples, under Giuseppe Mancinelli. He was a resident of Naples. In 1870 at Parma, he exhibited: Due montoni che pascolano, oil canvas and Frutta. In 1887 at Naples, he exhibited Rimembranze and Lucrezia Romana. In 1881 at Milan, he exhibited: Una filatrice and Venditore di mele (both genre pieces); Frutta and a Mezza (still-life); and a portrait of a woman. In 1883 to Milan and Rome, he sent: Presso il Grunatello a Portici; Frutta e Fiori; Frutta e Avanzi Angioini a Monteleone di Calabria. Alla General Italian Exposition of Fine Arts of Turin in 1884, he displayed: Marina di Resina; Naples da Portici; Contadinello di San Germano, and Roseo di Portici; at Venice, in 1887, Naples dalla marina di Portici; La prima Comunione e Norina. Among his other works are: Un Contadinello: a Forosella; Venditore di frutta; Marina di sera, and Spiaggia tirrena.