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Filippo Palizzi

A Herd of Horses

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December 14, 03:37 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 80,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Filippo Palizzi

1818 - 1899

Italian

A Herd of Horses


signed, dated and inscribed Filip. Palizzi 1876. / Napoli lower left

oil on canvas

Unframed: 55.9 by 78.5cm., 22 by 30in.

Framed: 76 by 99cm., 30 by 39in.

Filippo Palizzi is considered the leading Neapolitan animal painter of the Italian Ottocento. Known as a painter of horses in particular, the herd in the present work, is captured in various states of movement, each horse with a distinct character. The exacting observation shows the artist's painstaking and empathetic attention to detail and his mature handling of spatial recession and palette. Another version of the present work with a more cropped composition, now in the collection of the Galleria d'Arte Moderna Rome, reveals the artist's interest in the subject.