Gallant Scene By Riccardo Pellegrini

This gallant scene represents a boy and a girl playing musical instruments while looking at each other. The work is signed Riccardo Pellegrini, dated 1899. The painter trained in the Milan of Romanticism, studied in Rome and Naples, followed by Domenico Morelli; he traveled extensively throughout the nations of Europe, including England, France and Spain, the latter being an important source of inspiration for the Spanish rustic subjects of many of his paintings. An exhibition was dedicated to him in Pisa with 19 paintings on display. The trip to Spain also inspired him in his activity as an illustrator, which saw him create drawings for the major magazines of the time. Also in Spain he illustrated Cervantes' Don Chischotte and Alain-Renè Lesage's Gil Blas. He then created many subjects for postcards which are now collectible.
Dimensions: with frame 78x84x7, without frame 58x65