Augusto Antonio Ferri - Still Life with Game

Features

Artist:  Augusto Antonio Ferri (1829-1895)

Artwork title:  Natura morta con cacciagione

Age:  19th Century / 1801 - 1900

Subject:  Still life

Origin:  Italy

Artistic technique:  Painting

Technical specification:  Oil on Canvas

Description : Natura morta con cacciagione

Oil painting on canvas. Signed lower right. Three hunted ducks hang by the neck on a window shutter. Augusto Antonio Ferri was an Italian set designer and painter. He first followed in his father 's footsteps and after him obtained the post at the Théâtre Italien in Paris in 1851. Moving to Madrid in 1857 in the company of two other painters, he soon became the most admired set designer in Spain. Thanks to an extensive renovation, he brought the Spanish theater to a European level. In 1870 he left Spain and, after collaborating with his father for a few years, in 1875 he retired to Bologna, devoting himself exclusively to painting. His pictorial production contemplates mote still lifes in bright colors, certainly influenced in the cut and in the shots by his training as a set designer. The painting is presented in a contemporary frame.

Product Condition:
Product in good condition, with small signs of wear.

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 113
Width: 76
Depth: 5

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 95
Width: 57,5