Francesco Scaramuzza
Self-portrait, bust-length, in a green jacket and cap
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April 6, 03:56 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Francesco Scaramuzza
Sissa 1803 - 1886 Parma
Self-portrait, bust-length, in a green jacket and cap
inscribed on the reverse: F. Scaramuzza / dipinse se stesso / nel 1845 / per memoria ed / affetto all'amore / vole ed ottimo / [...] / suo Zio VINC.zo / PRINI. Che politi / che [...] / [...] / [...] Francia fra i / [...] dell’età / [...] ora di 72 anni.
oil on canvas
unframed: 25.7 x 19.2 cm.; 10⅛ x 7½ in.
framed: 32 x 25.4 cm.; 12⅜ x 10 in.
Anonymous sale, Paris, Millon & Associés, 18 September 2020, lot 393;
Where acquired by the present owner.
Where acquired by the present owner.
Francesco Scaramuzza was an Italian poet and painter, best known for his illustrations of Dante’s Divine Comedy, a series of 243 works on board completed in 1876. He is also known to have painted a large number of frescoes in Parma, notably in the Biblioteca Palatina and the Museo Archeologico Nazionale.
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