Tag Archives: Italian art

To Market, To Market, To Buy a Fat Pig

Posted on December 2, 2019 by maryannadair

[Featured images by Bartolomeo Passerotti | Two Market Stalls: The Fish Stall and The Butcher Stall (both oil on canvas 112cm x 152cm).] Italian artist of the Mannerist period Bartolomeo Passerotti, was born in Bologna in 1529. He traveled to … Continue reading →

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Hop To It | The Tale of Aurora and Tithonus

Posted on June 21, 2019 by maryannadair

[Aurora and Tithonus by Francesco de Nura ] Francesco de Mura (21 April 1696 – 19 August 1782) was an Italian neo-Classicist painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Naples and Turin. He was a pupil of Francesco Solimena, … Continue reading →

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Andreotti Shows How to Get to the Key to Her Heart

Posted on March 6, 2016 by maryannadair

Italian Rococo artist, Federico Andreotti  was born in Florence on March 6, 1847.  He initially studied with Angiolo Tricca and Stefano Ussi, and at the Florentine Academy of Fine Arts, later becoming the Professor at the Academy. He was a … Continue reading →

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