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Women at the Source - Watercolor by an Italian School Artist of 19th Century

Mid 19th Century

Country Woman is an original watercolor artwork realized in the XIX century by Agostino Aglio Good conditions except for tears along the margin and a little hole on higher right side. This precious modern artwork represents a woman, probably a peasant woman leaning against a little wall. Agostino Aglio (Cremona, 15 December 1777 - London, 30 January 1857) was an Italian painter, draftsman, engraver and lithographer. Son of Gaetano and Anna Maria Mondoni, he was sent to Milan in 1789 to study with Giocondo Albertolli., And then in Rome with the landscape artist Campovecchio. In 1798 he volunteered in the legion of the Cisalpine Republic and from 1799 to 1802 he traveled to Greece and Egypt with the architect William Wilkins, who invited him to England, where he settled in 1803; two years later he married Letitia Clarke. He decorated churches, theaters and villas, executed two portraits of Queen Victoria...

Watercolour on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a. Wonderful watercolour both for the drawing and for the fineness of the colours representing a woman in typical Italian costumes of XIX ...

Watercolour on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a. Representing a woman in typical Italian costumes of XIX century. Good conditions with burnished margins and some stains. Very beautiful...

Watercolour on ivory colored paper, 1828. Representing a woman in typical Italian costumes of XIX century. Good conditions with some light stains. The year of composition is hand-wri...

A view of a river flowing past a historic village, possibly in Italy. A woman carries a vessel of water in the foreground. Presented in a yellow marble-effect wash line mount. Unsign...

A charming watercolor portrait depicting a mother and child fetching water. Presented in a pierced gilt frame with scrolling acanthus details. On paper.

An impressive large English School watercolour depicting figures outside a water mill, with some body colour, scratched highlights and gum Arabic. Presented in a gild frame...

A truly charming mid 19th Century watercolour portrait of a rosy cheeked young milkmaid. She is wearing a vibrant burgundy striped jacket over a yellow shawl...