By Eugenio Zampighi
Located in New York, NY
Zampighi's "Ammirando i Piccioni" Admiring the Little Ones
Signed lower left
Artist: Eugenio Zampighi (Italian, 1859-1944)
Medium: oil on linen
Dimensions: 29 1/2 in. x 41 1/2 in framed
"National Association of Artists, Piazza Pitti, Florence, Italy" labels on stretcher and reverse of frame,
Born in Modena, Italy, Eugenio Zampighi entered the local Academy of Design at 13. He eventually became one of the most decorated students, and in 1869, he was awarded a scholarship and spent the next three years in Rome. By 1884, having settled in Florence, he had begun to paint the genre works that eventually placed him with the leading artist’s of Italy.
Zampighi proceeded to devote his career to painting simple Italian domestic life, centring on the figures he saw around him and usually depicted in jovial company, similar to the Spanish court...
Category
19th Century Eugenio Zampighi Art