Country Homes Antiques Stirling has dated this piece to the 1920s.
A beautiful signed oil on canvas by the Italian born painter who worked in France - Luigi Moretti.
His work is well collected. The painting has the original artists label verso.
Title: “Venice"
Signature: Signed lower right
Provenance: Private French collection
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: c. 18 x 15 inches unframed / 26 x 23 inches framed
Condition: Very nice for age - unlined and unrestored
Italian, 20th century, male.
Born 21 June 1884, in Venice.
Painter. Landscapes.
Exhibited on a regular basis from 1911 at the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris.
Auction Records
Paris, 17 Dec 1931: Rialto Bridge, Venice, FRF 50
Paris, 17 Dec 1943: Ducal Palace, Venice, FRF 600
Paris, 18 June 1945: St Mark's Square, Venice (1930) FRF 3,000
Paris, 14 Nov 1946: Venice Lagoon, FRF 2,600
Paris, 23 March 1994: Venice (1929, oil on canvas, 28¾ × 36¼ ins/73 × 92 cm) FRF 6,600
Calais, 25 June 1995: Ducal Palace, Venice (1951, oil on canvas, 23½ × 28¾ ins/60 × 73 cm) FRF 9,500
Rome, 26 Nov 2002: The Greeting, Venice (1930, oil on canvas, 24 × 29 ins/60 × 73 cm) EUR 3,200
London, 18 June 2003: Venetian Canal (oil on canvas, 44 × 31 ins/111 × 80 cm) GBP 2,500
Country Homes Antiques Stirling has dated this piece to the 1920s.
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Luigi Moretti (1884-1950) Oil Painting
