Oil, canvas; 45 x 34 cm
Signed p.d.: A. Риццони / 1888
Aleksander Antonovich RIZZONI
1836 Riga - 1902 Rome
Painter, son of a Napoleonic soldier settled in Riga. From 1852 he studied at the St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts, including under B. Willewalde. During his studies he went on scholarship to Paris and Rome (1862-66). He repeatedly received silver and gold medals from the university authorities for his works - two silver medals in 1857, two gold medals in 1861, including for his painting "Jewish Contrabandists," and again a gold medal in 1861. He became an academician in 1866 and a professor in 1868. He painted small-format paintings depicting church and genre scenes ("Cardinal's College," "Grajkowie w polskim szynku," "Żydzi nad Talmudem," "Austeria rzymska"). His works are in the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, the collections of the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, the City Gallery in Riga and Stuttgart, among others.
Asking price 19000
Estimate 25000 - 30000
Description
FARMER WITH HIS DAUGHTER, 1888
Oil, canvas; 45 x 34 cm
Signed p.d.: A. Риццони / 1888
Aleksander Antonovich RIZZONI
1836 Riga - 1902 Rome
Painter, son of a Napoleonic soldier settled in Riga. From 1852 he studied at the St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts, including under B. Willewalde. During his studies he went on scholarship to Paris and Rome (1862-66). He repeatedly received silver and gold medals from the university authorities for his works - two silver medals in 1857, two gold medals in 1861, including for his painting "Jewish Contrabandists," and again a gold medal in 1861. He became an academician in 1866 and a professor in 1868. He painted small-format paintings depicting church and genre scenes ("Cardinal's College," "Grajkowie w polskim szynku," "Żydzi nad Talmudem," "Austeria rzymska"). His works are in the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, the collections of the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, the City Gallery in Riga and Stuttgart, among others.
Asking price 19000
Estimate 25000 - 30000
