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Lot 1392
GIULIO ROSATI (1857-1917) THE FINEST IN THE SHOP Signed, watercolour with traces of pencil 37 x 53.5cm. * Giulio Rosati, skilfully trained under Francesco Podesti at the Academy of Rome from 1880-1895, was without parallel amongst the Italian Orientalists working on the Via Margutta in Rome. This small but talented group of artists included Giuseppe Aureli, Ettore Simonetti and Enrico Tarenghi and it would be reasonable to assume that their remarkable skills derived from years of careful study in the Middle East. In fact, Rosati (and most of the other Italian Orientalists) never visited North Africa at all and worked instead from the study of Middle Eastern artefacts, literature, clothes and engravings and from black and white photographs. Rosati was prolific but he favoured themes that gave a glimpse of the Arabs' lifestyles that seemed so exotic and unfamiliar to European collectors' eyes. His attention to detail and his superb technical capability with watercolour made his pictures look almost more `real` than the photographs from which they were derived. In particular, Rosati focused intently upon draperies, intricate Islamic patterns and carefully judged colour balances. Note, for example, that the lilac tones of the buyer's robe in lot 1393 are reflected in the arches on the right. The atmosphere of the marketplace with its spirited trading and subtle dealmaking appealed greatly to collectors in Europe. By combining all his talents, the theme of carpet sellers became one of Rosati's favourite themes and the almost flawless colour in these superbly preserved works thereby shows Rosati's skills at their best. ++ Very good colour
Lot 37
ARTHUR BOYD HOUGHTON, 1836 - 1875, OIL ON CANVAS Titled 'The Surprise', portrait of a young girl seated clutching a doll with a kneeling dog in attendance, set in a country kitchen with an open fire grate and tarted carpet, contained in a carved gilt frame and signed in pencil verso of frame. (19cm x 26cm)
Lot 421
TWENTY-THREE PIECES OF GOSS & OTHER CRESTED CHINA comprising a Goss Burton Beer Barrel (Henley-on-Thames); Goss Hythe Cromwellian Mortar (Henley-on-Thames); Arcadian piano (Henley-on-Thames); Foley carpet bag, with coloured transfer print of The Bridge and Church, Henley-on-Thames; Grafton lifeboat (Henley-on-Thames); Goss Hythe Cromwellian Mortar (Oxford Varsity City); and seventeen other items, all of Henley-on-Thames interest.
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