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TOMMASO DE VIVO (Orto di Atella 1790 - Naples 1884) Allegories of the fleeting joys of life Pair of oil paintings on oval canvas, 129 x 100 cm. One painting signed at right, on the blue globe of the candlestick One painting signed at left, on the stencil depicting the saint adoring the cross ORIGIN Emilian family This pair of unpublished works by the painter, intends to interpret the vanity of childhood promises toward a life path strewn with comforts and joys. In the painting with the child reaching out from his mother's arms toward precious and colorful objects, the epilogue can be glimpsed in the woman's hairstyle, pierced and fixed by a small sword, referable to a Neapolitan culture linked to the iconography of the Madonna of the Seven Sorrows. De Vivo's closeness to the painters of the French Academy and especially to Léopold Robert is reflected stylistically in this work and also in the dramatic character of the subject, which is very common in Robert. The accentuated colorism typical of De Vivo's works is here characterized by an interesting color play set in three tones, with an intensity that adds great pathos to the two scenes Condition report First canvas. A patched tear in the upper center in the painting of the mother with the outstretched child, scattered color falls in the second painting Frames Molded oval arched frames with pearl border and flat-sectioned cornerpieces, 19th century (missing and dropped gilding)

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TOMMASO DE VIVO (Orto di Atella 1790 - Naples 1884) Allegories of the fleeting joys of life Pair of oil paintings on oval canvas, 129 x 100 cm. One painting signed at right, on the blue globe of the candlestick One painting signed at left, on the stencil depicting the saint adoring the cross ORIGIN Emilian family This pair of unpublished works by the painter, intends to interpret the vanity of childhood promises toward a life path strewn with comforts and joys. In the painting with the child reaching out from his mother's arms toward precious and colorful objects, the epilogue can be glimpsed in the woman's hairstyle, pierced and fixed by a small sword, referable to a Neapolitan culture linked to the iconography of the Madonna of the Seven Sorrows. De Vivo's closeness to the painters of the French Academy and especially to Léopold Robert is reflected stylistically in this work and also in the dramatic character of the subject, which is very common in Robert. The accentuated colorism typical of De Vivo's works is here characterized by an interesting color play set in three tones, with an intensity that adds great pathos to the two scenes Condition report First canvas. A patched tear in the upper center in the painting of the mother with the outstretched child, scattered color falls in the second painting Frames Molded oval arched frames with pearl border and flat-sectioned cornerpieces, 19th century (missing and dropped gilding)

Estimate 2 000 - 3 000 EUR
Starting price 1 500 EUR

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roma, Italy
Aste Babuino
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