127 - CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY

CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Peasant Family Resting in a Mountain Landscape, oil on canvas 78.7 x 99.2 cm (31 x 39 in.) framed dimensions: 98.4 x 120.6 cm (38 3/4 x 47 1/2 in.) indistinctly signed lower left LOT NOTES Before a low ruined wall, with a broad valley and distant mountains behind, a peasant family pauses on the road. An older man in a knotted head-cloth sits wrapped in a plaid blanket on a pile of stones. Two young women in laced sandals stand arm in arm beside him, and a boy in a wide-brimmed hat leans on his staff with his bundle over his shoulder. The costumes, especially the laced sandals, recall the peasants of the Ciociaria south of Rome. These ciociari were among the most popular models for painters working in Rome during the nineteenth century. The frame bears a later plaque naming the Venetian painter Antonio Ermolao Paoletti (1834–1912). Keywords: 19th Century Genre Painting, Italian Peasant Family, Ciociaria Costume, Continental School, Pastoral Landscape, Carved Giltwood Frame N.B. Condition reports are available upon request. All lots are sold in as-is condition at the time of sale. Please note that any condition statement regarding works of art is given as a courtesy to our clients in order to assist them in assessing the condition. The report is a genuine opinion held by Shapiro Auctions & Appraisals LLC and should not be treated as a statement of fact. The absence of a condition report or a photograph does not preclude the absence of defects or restoration, nor does a reference to particular defects imply the absence of any others. Shapiro Auctions & Appraisals, LLC., including its consultants and agents, shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.