Francesco Nenci was an Italian painter, mainly of historic and sacred subjects in a Neoclassical style. While his first education was in Città di Castello, he then enrolled at the Florence Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied under Pietro Benvenuti. Nenci then briefly moved to Brera Academy, where he won prizes in 1805 and 1809 for Sappho and Alcaeus in Elysium and the oil canvas of Zenobia Found by the Arasse River, respectively. In 1806, he won a prize at the Academy of Florence for Achille Swears Revenge for the death of Patroclus. Nenci obtained a stipend from the Napoleonic administration to study in Rome, where he painted Ajace Telamonio che vuol salvarsi dalla tempesta (1814); Il pastore che toglie il fanciullo Edipo dall’ albero ove era stato appeso (1815); and Virgin in prayer with putti (1816). Back in Florence, he painted an Assumption of the Virgin in the Chapel of the Villa Poggio Imperiale. Among other works, he was commissioned a canvas of the Martyrdom of Saint Irene for the church of San Paolo Maggiore, Naples. Nenci painted frescoes from the stories of Homer in Villa Bianchi outside of Siena. Finally, in 1833, he painted large canvases for the Hall of Ulysses in the Palazzo Pitti. Nenci was also involved in engravings for books. He illustrated in engraving a mezzo macchia the edition of Dante by Ancora (Florence, 1817). Nenci also engraved illustrations for an edition of the Iliad published by Batelli in Florence in 1838. Nenci taught at the Academy of Siena and became director in 1827 when Giuseppe Collignon resigned.
Figurative drawing neoclassical Tuscan historical subject from the 19th century
By Francesco Nenci
Located in Florence, IT
The proposed attribution for this drawing in brown ink on paper is the name of the painter and academician of the Tuscan-Roman neoclassical cohort Francesco Nenci (Anghiari, April 19...
Paper, Ink
$329Sale Price|30% Off
Alceo and Sappho in Elysium - Etching by Francesco Nenci - 1805
By Francesco Nenci
Located in Roma, IT
Opere dei Grandi Concorsi is a beautiful issue realized in 1805 by the Academy of Fine Art in Milan in the occasion of the prestigious artistic price: the Sculpture competition was w...
Etching
$950
H 15 in W 22 in
Your Friends at the IRS, Aquatint Etching by Warrington Colescott
By Warrington Colescott
Located in Long Island City, NY
This etching with aquatint was created by American cartoonist Warrington Colescott (b.1921). Warrington, a storyteller who skips all the dull parts according to curator Gene Baro, is...
Etching, Aquatint
Square Head of a Man (Plate XXXI), from Carmen
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Square Head of a Man (Plate XXXI) Portfolio: Carmen Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper Year: 1949 Edition: 32/289 Frame Size: 21" x 18" Sheet Size: 13...
Etching
Untitled 2
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled" c.1990 is a colored pencil drawing on paper by noted African American artist Roger Rice, b.1958. It is signed at the lower left corn...
Color Pencil
$350
H 14.89 in W 9.26 in
Abbey Church of Jumièges. Elevation and parts of the nave.
By John Sell Cotman
Located in Middletown, NY
Cornhill: J & A Arch, 1819. Etching and engraving on lightweight cream wove paper, 14 7/8 x 9 1/4 inches (378 x 235); sheet 18 3/4 x 13 1/8 inches (477 x 334 mm), full margin. In ve...
Handmade Paper, Engraving, Etching
Listening to Bessie Smith
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Woody Gruber (1946-2022) Listening to Bessie, 1975. Etching on paper, plate measures 7 inches h. x 7.75 w. Overall framed measurement in 14 x 15 inches. Numbered, titled, signed ...
Etching
$8,830
H 15.36 in W 10.24 in
Seated Satyr Study, Red Chalk Drawing, Late 17th Century, Unsigned
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Domenico Maria Canuti (1625–1684) Study of a Seated Satyr, Seen from Behind Red chalk on laid paper with watermark 39 × 26 cm Unsigned Provenance: Private Collection, France Note...
Chalk
$850
H 12.6 in W 17.7 in
Afternoon nap (minotaur, centaur) - expressive line drawing
By Dmitrii Drugakov
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Anxious morning (minotaur, centaur) - expressive line drawing on 140lb paper. His artistic style is rather difficult to describe, it can be named as "expressive romanticism". Usually...
Paper, Graphite
$500
H 9.73 in W 12.84 in
Venus abducting Adonis.; Plate 2 from The Story of Adonis
By Herman van Swanevelt
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching with engraving on thin laid paper with an unidentified ovoid purple ink stamp (not in Lugt), 9 3/4 x 12 7/8 inches (247 x 326 mm), thread margins. Uniform age tone with scatt...
Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching
Such a Tall Woman - Original etching - 1951
By André Derain
Located in Paris, IDF
Andre DERAIN Such a Tall Woman Original drypoint etching Stamp signature of the artist On vellum 45 x 34 cm (c. 18 x 14 in) Excellent condition
Drypoint, Etching
$412
H 25.99 in W 19.69 in
February : Carnival time - Original handsigned etching - Exceptional n° 1/100
By Albert Decaris
Located in Paris, IDF
Albert DECARIS February : Carnival time Original etching Signed in pencil Exceptional copy bearing n° 1/100 Titled Janvier (January) On vellum 66 x 50 cm (c. 26 x 20in) Excellent c...
Etching
$45,000
H 24.5 in W 19.5 in
The Black Bunny Series: Tit Love, Ass Love, Fellatial Love - 3 part drawing 1995
By Lisa Yuskavage
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"The Black Bunny Series: Tit Love, Ass Love, Fellatial Love” is a charcoal on paper, in 3 parts by American painter, Lisa Yuskavage. The works measure 24 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches. Yuska...
Charcoal, Paper
Europa
By Barnaby Fitzgerald
Located in Dallas, TX
A Professor of painting at Southern Methodist University in Dallas since 1984, Barnaby Fitzgerald spent his childhood in Italy before receiving a Ma...
Ink, Paper, Watercolor