Pair of Grand Tour Italian Watercolours by Filippo Indoni (1842–1908), Rome, 1880A fine and highly decorative pair of late 19th century Italian watercolours by the Roman artist Filippo Indoni (1842–1908), each signed F. Indoni Roma and dated 1880 lower right.These charming compositions depict traditional rural Italian figures within expansive sunlit landscapes, rendered with considerable warmth, atmosphere and technical refinement. One portrays a smiling young woman carrying a woven basket across a flowering meadow, dressed in richly coloured regional costume with coral necklace and embroidered bodice. The companion painting depicts a bearded traveller or shepherd holding a walking staff beside a rocky hillside beneath an open Mediterranean sky.Born in Rome, Filippo Indoni specialised in romanticised scenes of Italian rural life, producing works that appealed strongly to Grand Tour travellers during the second half of the 19th century. His paintings and watercolours are cha...