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"La festa ad un' immagine di Maria Vergine in campo aperto nella Brianza" 1850
Auction: 11/10/2015
Lot: 221
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Giuseppe Molteni AUCTION RECORDS
1800 - 1867. Known for: Fine art restoration, portrait and genre painting, curator.
Giuseppe Molteni (Affori, Milan, 1800 – Milan, 1867) was an Italian painter. Forced to abandon his studies at the Brera Academy for financial reasons, Molteni took up the restoration of ancient... Read full biography
Giuseppe Molteni (Affori, Milan, 1800 – Milan, 1867) was an Italian painter. Forced to abandon his studies at the Brera Academy for financial reasons, Molteni took up the restoration of ancient paintings as a pupil of Giuseppe Guizzardi in Bologna. On his return to Milan, he soon became one of the... Read full biography
Giuseppe Molteni (Affori, Milan, 1800 – Milan, 1867) was an Italian painter. Forced to abandon his studies at the Brera Academy for financial reasons, Molteni took up the restoration of ancient paintings as a pupil of Giuseppe Guizzardi in Bologna. On his return to Milan, he soon became one of the most sought-after restorers of the day, a consultant to the Louvre and the British Museum as well as the leading collectors and connoisseurs in Milan and Europe as a whole. He also devoted his... Read full biography
Giuseppe Molteni (Affori, Milan, 1800 – Milan, 1867) was an Italian painter. Forced to abandon his studies at the Brera Academy for financial reasons, Molteni took up the restoration of ancient paintings as a pupil of Giuseppe Guizzardi in Bologna. On his return to Milan, he soon became one of the most sought-after restorers of the day, a consultant to the Louvre and the British Museum as well as the leading collectors and connoisseurs in Milan and Europe as a whole. He also devoted his energies to painting. In 1828 that he inaugurated a genre of portraiture characterised by the meticulous depiction of sumptuous costumes and settings, which proved an extraordinary success and brought him into direct competition with Francesco Hayez. The... Read full biography
Giuseppe Molteni (Affori, Milan, 1800 – Milan, 1867) was an Italian painter. Forced to abandon his studies at the Brera Academy for financial reasons, Molteni took up the restoration of ancient paintings as a pupil of Giuseppe Guizzardi in Bologna. On his return to Milan, he soon became one of the most sought-after restorers of the day, a consultant to the Louvre and the British Museum as well as the leading collectors and connoisseurs in Milan and Europe as a whole. He also devoted his energies to painting. In 1828 that he inaugurated a genre of portraiture characterised by the meticulous depiction of sumptuous costumes and settings, which proved an extraordinary success and brought him into direct competition with Francesco Hayez. The period spent at the court in Vienna in 1837 to paint the portrait of Emperor Ferdinand I led to an appreciation of Biedermeier paintin... Read full biography
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