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Are you interested in this item? This item is up for auction at Catawiki. Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the Catawiki website. Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available. Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store. Stefano Ussi studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence with Enrico Pollastrini. During the war of independence he served as a volunteer, but he was captured by the Austrians.
After returning to Florence, he won the Triennale Prize for his 1849 painting of the Resurrection of Lazarus. He exhibited paintings on historical and literary subjects at the Società Promotrice di Belle Arti. His "The Expulsion of the Duke of Athens" was a great success and is now in the Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Florence.
He visited Egypt in 1869 during the opening of the Suez Canal and returned at the invitation of the Khedive in 1872. In 1875 he visited Morocco with his friend Cesare Biseo and the painter Edmondo de Amicis. He exhibited many orientalist paintings in various Italian cities. He died in 1901 in his native Florence.
The painting offered shows a ballroom with figures. The lady in the dress wears a mask, as an old tradition in Italy.
The painting is signed lower right.
Dimensions canvas: 57 by 80 cm
The painting is in good condition.
Provenance: From a private collection
Viewing is of course possible. You can find all the information on the Art Dumay website. We also have a framing and restoration workshop. If you would like to make use of this, we would of course like to hear from you. 67278377