The work represents a glimpse of the rocky coastline of the Mediterranean Sea,
painted in warm colours.
It is an oil painting on Faesite panel from the late 19th and early 20th century.
The painting is signed Luigi Lanza (1860-1913), an Italian painter
of landscapes and marine paintings,
brother of the painter Giovanni Lanza. Active in the 19th century.
Luigi Lanza (1860-1913) was born in Venice where he studied
at the Accademia di Venezia and devoted himself
to oil painting of lagoon landscapes and perspective views.
He took part in the 1881 exhibition in Turin
He subsequently exhibited his works in Florence, Milan, Venice and Genoa.
Finally, in 1888, he exhibited the painting 'I Frari' at the Exhibition of Italian Art in London
The painting and the frame are restored. Mediterranean Sea.
This oil painting on wood has an original carved wooden frame
from the early 20th century, coeval with the work.
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Bibliography: E. Bénézit. Dictionnaire Des Peintres Sculptures Dessinateurs et Graveurs.
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Table size: 100 x 50 cm
Size with frame: 114.5 x 64.5 cm
Depth: 6 cm
Weight: 4,6 kg