Description:
Napoleone Parisani (Italian, 1854-1932)
Madonna and Child
Signed or inscribed "Napoleone/Parisani/Pittore/Roma/MCM" on the reverse.
Oil with carved wood embellishments on cradled panel, 37 3/4 x 28 1/8 in. (96.0 x 71.5 cm),in a carved giltwood frame.
Condition: Split to panel at l.c. and with several other hairline cracks, vertical striated damage with paint losses through the center.
Provenance: Property from the estate of Sir Alasdair Munro of Lindertis, BT.
N.B. Napoleone Parisani was a member of a group of Italian and English landscape painters known as the Etruscan School, who, under the influence of Giovanni Costa, revived interest in painting the Italian landscape in the manner of Nicholas Poussin and Claude Lorraine. Their focus was to evoke the warm sentiments that the artists felt for their native land. While clearly not a landscape, Parisani's painting of a Madonna and Child captures the same spirit of affection for the beauty and cultural traditions of his homeland. The painting does not appear to be a copy of a known work but is a composition of the artist's own invention.
Property from the estate of Sir Alasdair Munro of Lindertis, Bt.
Estimate $3,000-5,000
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