Modesto Faustini was orphaned at the age of six and was moved into an orphanage where he received vocational training as a dressmaker. In 1855, his aptitude for design was recognized and he was allowed to enter the School of Drawing. In 1861 with a small stipend, the young artist enrolled in the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, where he studied under the tutelage of Giuseppe Bertini. Faustini worked at night making illustrations for magazines and newspapers to subsidize his stipend to continue his studies. After a move to Rome and his introduction at the artists Nino Costa, Faustini‘s art began to demonstrate the influence of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, culminating in the decorations for the Santuario delle S. Maria delle Grazie in his native Brescia. He was particularly noted for portraying scenes of Roman life and particularly that of the denizens of Pompeii which were so popular in the second half of the 19th century throughout Europe.
"Portrait of Elegant" Oil on Canvas Figurative Painting of the Nineteenth Century Italian
By Modesto Faustini
Located in Pistoia, IT
Modesto Faustini (1839-1891), "Portrait of elegant," oil on canvas in gilt frame signed lower right "M. Faustini - Rome." This splendid portrait belongs to one of the most flourishi...
Canvas, Oil
Lovers at the Fountain - Italian 19th Century Figurative Oil on Canvas Painting
By Modesto Faustini
Located in Rome, IT
Amanti alla Fontana - Lovers by a fountain, painting oil on canvas, Signed left sight. Measures: cm 70 x 100 frame 118 x 145 Faustini Modesto. Brescia, 27 maggio 1839 - Roma, 23 m...
Oil
$2,460
H 34.5 in W 40 in D 3 in
Mid-19th-Century Munich School, Nocturnal Alpine Scene With Woman Resting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This calm and reflective mid-19th-century German oil painting depicts a woman reclining, her hand on a zither, before moonlit Alpine scenery. Gazing outwards across the rooftops and...
Oil, Canvas
$3,494
H 23.63 in W 35.44 in
PHILOSOPHERS - Italian school - Figurative - Oil on canvas painting
By Ciro De Rosa
Located in Napoli, IT
Philosophers - Ciro De Rosa Italia 2008 - Oil on canvas cm.60x90 The beautiful painting created by Ciro De Rosa is a work that portrays three elderly philosophers with readings, it i...
Canvas, Oil
$1,397Sale Price|52% Off
H 19.69 in W 25.6 in
Italian Romantic painter - 19th century Interior with figures in costume
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (19th century) - Interior with figures in seventeenth-century costume. 29.5 x 43 cm (without frame) - 50 x 65 cm (with frame). Oil on panel, in a period frame in...
Oil, Panel
$20,965
H 13.39 in W 18.71 in D 0.79 in
Interior of a Church - Oil Painting by Hermann Corrodi, late 1800
By Hermann Corrodi
Located in Roma, IT
Interior of a Church is an original painting realized by Hermann Corrodi. Original oil on canvas with a contemporary wooden frame included. Hermann David Salomon Corrodi...
Oil
$4,811Sale Price|20% Off
H 17.5 in W 16.5 in
Portrait of Renaissance Lady Classical Medici Style Garden Italian Ornate Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Renaissance Lady Italian Portrait in Ornate Gilt Frame Classical Profile Oil Painting Italian School, circa 1890–1900 oil on board, in original ...
Oil
$1,195
H 19.3 in W 15.7 in D 1 in
17th Century Italian School Baroque Oil Painting Christ John Baptist Framed
By Guido Reni
Located in Stockholm, SE
This profoundly religious oil on canvas by an unknown artist was painted in the second half of the 17th century. It draws inspiration from the renowned Italian master Guido Reni (157...
Canvas, Wood, Oil
$29,000
H 23 in W 26.5 in
"Woman Reading in an Interior" Vaclav Vytlacil, Loose Brushwork Portrait
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in New York, NY
Vaclav Vytlacil Woman Reading in an Interior, circa 1915 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 16 x 20 inches As a child, Vytlacil had taken art classes at the Art Institute of Chicago....
Canvas, Oil
$1,106
H 15.36 in W 10.63 in D 0.2 in
19th Century Cesare Ciani Credited Italian Macchiaiolo Painting
By Cesare Ciani
Located in Roma, IT
19th Century Cesare Ciani Credited Italian Macchiaiolo Painting A beautiful, intense painting attributed to the great Macchiaioli painter Cesare Ciani. It depicts with rare realism ...
Oil, Wood Panel
$546Sale Price|20% Off
H 14 in W 12 in
Antique Italian Portrait of Old Fisherman with Pipe Characterful Chap
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elderly Fisherman Italian School, 19th century oil on canvas, framed Framed: 14 x 12 inches Canvas: 10.5 x 9 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: several s...
Oil
$4,784
H 38 in W 31 in D 2 in
Mid-18th-Century Tuscan School, Portrait Of A Gentleman Holding A Letter
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This eloquent mid-18th-century Italian portrait, painted in Tuscany around 1750, portrays an upstanding gentleman of intellect and composure. Acquired from a country house in Pescia,...
Canvas, Oil
$9,600Sale Price|20% Off
H 17.2 in W 12.75 in
Voyeur chair. Romantic Couple Kissing and Embracing, Mid Century Illustration
By Alex Ross
Located in Miami, FL
Alexander Sharpe Ross gives us a voyeur view of an attractive couple kissing and embracing on a couch. Sharpe's radical use of composition is on ...
Mixed Media, Oil, Gouache, Board
$8,788
H 19 in W 15 in
St John the Baptist as a Child, Early 19th Century Italian School, Oil Painting
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas Image size: 15 x 19 inches (38 x 48.25 cm) Handmade gilt pierced frame This is a beautiful early 19th Century Italian Old Master oil painting with the subject matter ...
Canvas, Oil