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AFTER CHARLES EDWARD PERUGINI. Graziella, from "Illustrated London News" Christmas number

Graziella, from "Illustrated London News" Christmas number. Artist: After Charles Edward Perugini (British, Naples, Italy 1839-1918 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 16 1/8 × 11 5/16 in. (40.9 × 28.7 cm). Date: December 6, 1886. This wood engraving after a painting by Perugini shows a beautiful woman in Renaissance dress standing before a column and wall decorated with Cosmatesque mosaics. Born in Naples, Perugini moved to England as a youth, then returned to Rome to trained as an artist, moving on to Paris to study with Ary Scheffer. Frederic Leighton recognized his talent and encouraged him to return to London in 1863 where he pursued a successful career painting figures in historical settings, and married Kate, the daughter of Charles Dickens, in 1874.
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Graziella, from "Illustrated London News" Christmas number
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Graziella, from "Illustrated London News" Christmas number. Artist: After Charles Edward Perugini (British, Naples, Italy 1839-1918 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 16 1/8 × 11 5/16 in. (40.9 × 28.7 cm). Date: December 6, 1886. This wood engraving after a painting by Perugini shows a beautiful woman in Renaissance dress standing before a column and wall decorated with Cosmatesque mosaics. Born in Naples, Perugini moved to England as a youth, then returned to Rome to trained as an artist, moving on to Paris to study with Ary Scheffer. Frederic Leighton recognized his talent and encouraged him to return to London in 1863 where he pursued a successful career painting figures in historical settings, and married Kate, the daughter of Charles Dickens, in 1874.
Technique/material:
WOOD ENGRAVING
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Image size:
2901 x 4046 px | 33.6 MB
Print size:
24.6 x 34.3 cm | 9.7 x 13.5 in (300 dpi)
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