A painting by Antonio Rotta (1828 - 1903)
Antonio Rotta is notable for his mythological subjects and genre paintings. He was a student at the Accademia di Belli Arti in Venice and was one of the first classical genre painters. His disciplined training in academic schooling, and the use of commonplace subjects made his oeuvre very popular during his lifetime. His work was exhibited in Europe and the United States. He won a medal at the Paris Salon, 1878.Via Miss Folly, where this is entitled The Old Man and his Best Friend? (I don't know if that's the artist's title for the piece).
The figure might be down-at-heel, but that's a classy bit of furniture. Someone somewhere paid a bit for that.
ReplyDeleteWhat an intriguing painting.
ReplyDeleteSo did the dog bite his master's hand or what?
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What an amazing painting! Does anyone know if this is displayed somewhere or what the original name is? I would love to have a print / poster of this framed on the wall.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't find anything more with a search this morning, Mza. Perhaps you could write/email one of the places that sells reproductions/prints and they could search their sources for you.
DeleteI found something - not much - the original painting name seems to have been Il Cacciatore (The Hunter). There's a very small blurb about it on this site - http://www.bta.it/txt/a0/05/bta00565.html.
ReplyDeleteIt's the 4th paragraph down under the bold subhead Ottocento Veneziano (Nineteenth Century Venetian - there's also a thumbnail of the painting to the right of the paragraph). If your browser doesn't do it automatically, here is a loose translation:
"...In contrast is the realism proposed by 'The Hunter' by Antonio Rotta. This is achieved through the delicate concentration and definition of color, creating an authentic lighting effect in keeping with the tenets of Venetian Realism."
Thank you, Blakeney.
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